SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket suffers rare inflight failure, is grounded during investigation
A SpaceX rocket carrying Starlink satellites failed midflight, in a rare misfire for the company's workhorse Falcon 9 vehicle.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is grounded, pending an incident investigation, after an inflight failure — a rare misfire for the company’s workhorse vehicle.
The mission, known as “Starlink Group 9-3,” launched from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Thursday evening and was carrying 20 satellites bound for low Earth orbit.