United Launch Alliance (ULA) experienced what would be its first mission failure in its 20-year history, failing to deliver 40 Amazon Leo satellites into orbit. Leo is Amazon’s competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink, but it has struggled to get off the ground so far, putting only a small portion of the satellites needed to challenge Starlink into orbit. Today’s launch was supposed to be the first of 38 flights purchased by Amazon from ULA.
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The company said it was not yet clear what caused the failure, but promised to be transparent as it continued its investigation. Amazon projected confidence in its launch partner despite the failure, posting on
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