US rocket fails after launch, payload of Amazon internet satellites destroyed

​A ‌Vulcan rocket ​owned by United ‌Launch Alliance, the joint venture of Boeing ‌and Lockheed Martin, ‌failed on Sunday shortly after launch from ⁠Florida ​while ⁠carrying 40 satellites ⁠for Amazon's Leo broadband ​internet unit.

The failure doomed ⁠the payload ⁠and ​marked the launch company's first ⁠mission failure in its ⁠two-decade ⁠history.