Sentence examples for a failed launch from inspiring English sources

To guard against the dangers of a failed launch the Nasa facility maintains a hazard area of about 1,400 square miles around the site.

The proposed launch will come just weeks after the recent re-election of Barack Obama, and probably scuppers any chance that he will re-engage quickly with the North; a failed launch in April ended hopes of a food-aid deal from the Americans.

Five days after a failed launch, the Russian Soyuz rocket system has been pressed back into service.

"We are reassured that I-5 F4 is currently under construction by Boeing in California, and remains on schedule for completion in mid-2016, with a potential SpaceX launch in the second half of 2016, providing us with significant mission assurance in the case of any protracted delays in Proton's return to flight, or a failed launch of I-5 F3," said Mr Pearce.

This was on the heels of a failed launch earlier this month that left a plume of light over Norway earlier this month.

-- The U.S.-Russia space partnership has had its ups and downs, but a failed launch last month might end up helping.

The State Department license issued several years ago for the Loral satellite was silent on the issue of what role, if any, the American experts could play in an analysis of a failed launching.

In the South Korean capital, Seoul, Mr Pence called the failed launch a "provocation".

UPDATE 3 NASA will host a press conference on the failed launch later today, currently planned for 12 30 PM ET (9 30 AM PT).

"[The failed launch] is a terrible blow to Russia's space industry and to the authorities," argues space expert Pavel Luzin.

Diplomats said a main issue would be determining if the failed launch violated any resolutions.