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That was one expensive explosion. Wow.
Do you know what the payload was?
It was a resupply mission to the International Space Station so probably, socks, underwear, toilet paper, food, etc. Very unfortunate for Orbital Sciences Corp. the rocket builder/operator who have had many problems on this program as well as other rockets they build & launch. They lost two satellites in a row here in CA, a Taurus rocket and a Minotaur rocket, on both rockets the fairings over the satellite failed to jettison putting roughly 1/2 billion dollars of hardware in the drink. It has been real tough for Orbital as of late trying to launch bigger rockets, they have done relatively well with their smaller rockets, missiles, & satellite construction but, launching larger birds has been tough market for them. I really feel bad for them, it is really a tough blow losing a mission.