T-Minus Barracuda suffers anomaly after Nova Scotia launch

Maritime Launch Services completed a suborbital Barracuda demonstration from Spaceport Nova Scotia, then halted a second flight after an anomaly late in the boost phase.

The rocket lifted at 8:51 a.m. AST and performed nominally through the powered segment before the upset. Barracuda is a single-stage, solid-fuel hypersonic vehicle built to carry payloads of up to 40 kg to roughly 80 km. Maritime Launch is now reviewing mission data and folding the findings into its next test cycle.

The event leaves the spaceport with a partial data point, not a clean sortie.