There was a problem on launch, but it's unclear exactly what heppened at this point. There are conflicting reports and it's possible the craft may have made it to orbit, although not the correct orbit.
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Quoted from the planetary society blog: http://planetary.org/solarsailblog/index_05.html
Jun 22, 2005 | 07:49 PDT | 14:49 UTC
What this means is that we are still dealing with a very wide range of possibilities for what could have happened yesterday, made even wider by the fact that it kind of sounds like some of the information that we have is contradictory. If the launch vehicle failed, how did we detect signals at Majuro and Panska Ves? On the other side, if the launch vehicle had a problem but still managed to put the spacecraft into some orbit, why didn't Strat Comm see it last night? We don't know what to make of it. We hope to get more information from Lou in an hour or two. Stand by for that.
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