The opening phase went off apparently without a hitch, but that changed during the second part. Sir Richard Branson's company wants to try again later this year and is already in talks over further attempts.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerThe first rocket launch from UK soil failed because of a premature shutdown in the rocket that prevented LauncherOne from reaching orbit, Virgin Orbit has said.
The opening part of the mission went according to plan, the company said, as its plane took off from SpaceportA converted Boeing 747 named Cosmic Girl flew to 35,000ft over the Atlantic Ocean off Ireland's southern coast, just before 11.15pm on Monday.There it jettisoned the 21-metre-long rocket containing nine small satellites, which would have been the first launched into orbit from the UK, or anywhere in western Europe, towards space.
But the organisers of the Start Me Up mission soon identified an"anomaly" and said LauncherOne had failed to orbit. The company, founded by Sir Richard Branson in 2017, said in a statement that initial data suggested the first stage of the rocket performed as planned, that it reached space altitudes, and that stage separation and ignition of the upper stage occurred in line with expectations.
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