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SpaceX Falcon 9 second stage fails leaving Starlink satellites in wrong orbit


uffered its first in-flight failure of a Falcon 9 rocket since 2015, leaving 20 Starlink satellites in a perilously low orbit. SpaceX founder Elon Musk said it was unclear if the spacecraft could be saved using onboard ion thrusters.

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