Astra rocket fails to deliver 2 small satellites after launch, NASA says

Washington DC (UPI) Jun 12, 2022

NASA said a rocket carrying two small weather satellites failed Sunday, preventing the inauguration of a technology that would have helped better forecast hurricanes. The rocket by California-based Astra lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, but the rocket's second stage malfunctioned before reaching orbit and lost the shoebox-sized technology. "After a nomina