NASA'S Glory Satellite Fails To Reach Orbit

[Rick]

NASA's Glory spacecraft launched aboard a Taurus XL rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Friday at 5:09:45 a.m. EST failed to reach orbit.

Telemetry indicated the fairing, the protective shell atop the Taurus XL rocket, did not separate as expected about three minutes after launch.

More: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Glory/main/index.html

This launch also carried three CubeSats, all of which are presumably somewhere in the Pacific...

...and some detail about the launch.