All went well at first, but when the second-stage booster ignited, the spacecraft veered off course and burned up in the atmosphere.

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Liberty would use a first-stage that incorporated a larger, five-segment booster - a technology ATK has already been testing.

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Rooster Booster, ridden by Richard Johnson, made all the running and led by up- to 30 lengths at one stage down the back straight.

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