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NASA satellite lost after failed launch

By Caitlin Byrnes
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The bad string of luck for a rocket made by Washington-area company continued Friday with another failed launch of a NASA satellite.

The Associated Press reported that a Taurus XL rocket manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation in Dulles launched Friday morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California but crashed into the water several minutes later.

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