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Antares launch scrubbed due to loose umbilical
- washedup 14y agoOne of the umbilicals on the second stage prematurely separated. Definitely a bummer. Way to play it safe.
- lutusp 14y ago> Antares launch fails "Fails" isn't very accurate -- the launch never took place, the system detected and anomaly and prevented the launch. A launch scrub isn't a failure, it's a postponement. Also, the linked tweet doesn't call it a failure -- that's the submitter's choice of word.
- washedup 14y agoTrue, not a failure, thanks for the correction. The tweet came from Orbital Sciences, the developers of the Antares rocket. I figured this would be enough.