ULA Vulcan rocket fails in flight, losing 40 Amazon Leo satellites

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United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket experienced an anomaly about ten minutes after liftoff and did not deliver its payload of 40 Amazon Leo broadband satellites to orbit. Reports describe it as the first mission failure in ULA's roughly 20-year history. Amazon's Leo network is a competitor to SpaceX's Starlink and has so far placed only a small share of the satellites it needs into orbit. The flight was meant to be the first of 38 launches Amazon had purchased from ULA. ULA said its launch director had confirmed the anomaly based on incoming data.

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