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SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Grounded After Launch Failure: Investigation Underway

Following its flight from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base late on Thursday night, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket experienced an engine failure. Due to a leak, the mission, Starlink Group 9-3, which was intended to deploy Starlink satellites, was unable to restart its upper second stage. Elon Musk confirmed incident, describing it as a “rapid unscheduled disassembly” of engine during an…