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SpaceX’s unmatched streak of perfection with the Falcon 9 rocket is over (arstechnica.com)

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket suffered an upper stage engine failure and deployed a batch of Starlink internet satellites into a perilously low orbit after launch from California Thursday night, the first blemish on the workhorse launcher's record in more than 300 missions since 2016.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I'd include the R-7 family (Soyuz, Molniya, Voskhod, etc.), Proton, and Space Shuttle.