The first rocket launch from UK soil has had to be aborted mid-flight due to an anomaly.
prevented us from reaching orbit. We are evaluating the information.’’s Virgin Orbit company earlier tonight.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that
Matt Archer, from the UK Space Agency, said the satellite load was insured and Virgin Orbit would recover its losses. Mr Archer said the first stage burn would have got the rocket into basic orbit but a second stage was needed to put it 500km above the earth. Whether the velocity had something to do with it is uncertain. The rocket’s first stage successfully took it to about 12,900kph while the second stage put it at a cruising speed of 28,000kph. This was the point at which the anomoly was reported.‘The second-stage engine had a technical anomaly and didn’t reach the required orbit,’ Mr Archer said.
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