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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A new commercial rocket reached space after launching from a Pacific atoll Tuesday but then probably re-entered the Earth's atmosphere after half an orbit because of a problem during the second-stage burn, an entrepreneur said.
Nonetheless, Elon Musk, founder of Space Exploration Technologies, characterized the launch as "a pretty good test" during a post-flight teleconference.
"We successfully reached space and really retired almost all the risk associated with the rocket, so I feel very good about where things are," he said.
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