Botched Russian Launch Claims 19 Satellites

CAPE CANAVERAL—A Russian weather satellite and 18 smallsats—including 10 nanosatellites owned by San Francisco-based Spire Global—failed to reach their intended orbits on Nov. 28 following launch aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket and Fregat upper stage. The three-stage Soyuz -2.1b rocket blasted off...

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