- Tue Jan 10, 2023 9:05 am
#37591
This seems to be emblematic of something, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
The first ever satellite mission launched from UK soil has ended in failure.
A jumbo jet operated by the American Virgin Orbit company carried a rocket out of Newquay, Cornwall, to release it high over the Atlantic Ocean.
The rocket ignited and appeared to be ascending correctly. But word then came from the company that the rocket had suffered an "anomaly".
The satellites it was carrying could not be released and were lost...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64218883
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