Virgin Orbit rocket suffers anomaly during 1st launch from UK
Virgin Orbit suffered an anomaly on its highly anticipated "Start Me Up" launch, the first-ever orbital mission from the U.K.
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Virgin Orbit suffered an anomaly on its highly anticipated "Start Me Up" launch, the first-ever orbital mission from the U.K.
History was made in Cornwall, UK last night (Monday 10) as the first orbital space launch from UK soil took place in Newquay.
Virgin Orbit says its LauncherOne rocket "experienced an anomaly" just before it could deliver its payload. The problem arose shortly after a maneuver called the "barbecue roll."
Nine small satellites were lost in the mishap in what was the rocket's first launch with customer payloads on board.
After announcing that its rocket reached orbit on a historic first mission from the United Kingdom late Monday, Virgin Orbit changed course and said there