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[Strahd]

The anticipated Dnepr night launch of 14 University radio amateur CubeSats on 26 July only lasted 86 seconds according to a report by the Geocities Space Launch Report. About a minute and a half into the flight the main engine shut down causing the rocket and its' multiple satellite payload to fall back to earth about 25 km south of the launch site. The Cal Poly team after learning the news vowed to press on with their next CubeSat.

This is the first failure of the Dnepr launch vehicle since they were re-commissioned to carry non-military payloads and the first failure of the rocket since 1988.

Source: Cyprus Radio Amateur Society http://www.5b4ms.org

[Sotos]

There are amateur satellites now? I want one tooooo!!!!