Experimental Air Force Rocket Launch Fails (theverge.com)

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 4, 2015 @11:58AM from the better-luck-next-time dept.

schwit1 writes: An experimental Air Force rocket, dubbed Super Strypi, failed seconds after launch. The launch was part of the Air Force's Operationally Responsive Space (ORS)-4 mission which aims to test small alternative launch vehicles. The Verge reports: "A small, experimental rocket meant to carry 13 communication satellites into space for the Department of Defense failed just one minute after launching from Hawaii last night, according to the US Air Force. Video footage of the event shows the rocket spiraling out of control as it falls back down to Earth, leaving a crooked contrail in its wake. This was the first flight ever for this kind of vehicle — known as a Super Strypi rocket — as well as the first rocket launch attempt from the Hawaiian Islands."

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Re:Why a experimental launch carried 13 satellites by sexconker · 2015-11-04 12:16 · Score: 2, Insightful

Failure of the rocket that was "meant to carry 13 communication satellites into space" does not mean that it wasn't carry those 13 communication satellites.
It means that it did not carry them into space.
Whether or not it carried them at all is not stated.