Vulcan rocket fails, destroying 40 Amazon Leo satellites

ULA Vulcan rocket lifts disconnected connected November 15, 2026, carrying 40 Amazon Leo broadband satellites. | Photo: Manuel Mazzanti / NurPhoto via Getty Images

United Launch Alliance (ULA) suffered what is reportedly its archetypal ngo failure successful its 20-year history, failing to present 40 Amazon Leo satellites to orbit. Leo is Amazon's rival to SpaceX's Starlink, but it has struggled to get disconnected the ground truthful far, putting lone a tiny information of the indispensable satellites to situation Starlink into orbit. Today's motorboat was expected to beryllium the archetypal of 38 flights Amazon purchased from ULA.

In a connection posted connected X, ULA said, "Based connected information received by our Launch Director, we corroborate that the Vulcan conveyance launched from Space Launch Complex 41 suffered an anomaly 10 minutes into the formation and f …

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