Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket suffers “anomaly,” fails to reach orbit

Virgin Orbit’s first orbital launch attempt from the UK has ended in failure. Virgin Orbit tweeted that its rocket and nine payloads had successfully reached orbit. Thirty-five minutes after the rocket’s ignition, the company tweeted that a problem had occurred. This will likely be a devastating launch failure for Virgin Orbit. . . .

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