Pour one out.
Unfortunately, Orbiter SN3 also carried the payloads of three other customers. Due to its spin, Launcher let the payloads go early, causing its primary payload, an on-orbit docking demonstration by space startup Otter Pup, to start spinning as well.
On the plus side, Launcher says it's identified the issue with SN3 and is ready to make some changes to try again with SN5, which is slated to launch on a SpaceX rideshare mission in February 2024. "The anomaly appears to be software in nature," the company wrote in its statement. "We have begun the implementation of corrective action to ensure this anomaly does not occur again on future missions and that the vehicle is more robust to this type of error."
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