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  • Video clips show rocket anomaly high above Hawaii

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    Videos of Tuesday’s sunset liftoff of the U.S. Air Force’s Super Strypi launcher show the low-cost fin-guided rocket streaking into the skies over Hawaii and arcing downrange toward the south with 13 satellites before apparently losing control and breaking up. The rotating motion seen in a view from the rocket’s on-board camera is normal —…

  • Hawaii’s first satellite launch set for Tuesday

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    The Super Strypi launch vehicle is fastened to a rail launch system at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. Credit: U.S. Air Force U.S. military authorities have granted approval for liftoff Tuesday of a simplified satellite launcher from Hawaii on a test flight officials say will help drive down the costs of sending…

  • Inaugural launch of small-class rocket on hold in Hawaii

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    Credit: U.S. Air Force The maiden test flight of a new rail-guided launcher from the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii, which was scheduled for Thursday, has been delayed while engineers resolve issues encountered in pre-launch preparations, a U.S. Air Force spokesperson said. The mission, managed by the Air Force’s Operationally Responsive Space…