Dolgava

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September 1st 5642

The Dolgavanas Kosmosa Aģentūr (Dolgavan Space Agency) ran their first rocket test today and it ended in a explosion at launch. The rocket nearly instantly exploded on the launchpad, destroying the Number 1 launchpad at Wolfgang Petermann Airforce Base. The rocket was intended to do a short low orbit mission, to test the concept of the rocket, and to start progress toward reliable rocketry designs.

"The test worked as intended", said Veneranda Beļavske the scientist at the launch "Going to space takes a time, and you are not always successful. We will continue to test, and make a platform that can go to space, that is why we are here, and we won't stop!"

The launch site will need to be repaired and rebuilt, after the explosion which will take months, but rockets will be launched again, and the DSA will continue its work. For now there has been a setback, but the future is where the program is focused on!

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