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Rocket Report: A ULA sale tidbit; Polaris Dawn mission is on deck

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Rocket Factory Augsburg's first orbital launcher was destroyed in a fireball during a test-firing Monday evening at a spaceport in Scotland .

Orbex is now projecting a 2025 first launch of its small launch vehicle.

India successfully launched its third Small Satellite Launch Vehicle on Thursday , placing an Earth observation satellite into orbit.

Reuters reports Boeing and Lockheed Martin are in talks to sell their rocket-launching joint venture United Launch Alliance to Sierra Space .

A deal could value ULA at around $2 billion to $3 billion , sources say.

Blue Origin and Cerberus Capital Management had placed bids in early 2023 for the company, but none of them resulted in a deal.