Die late Monday night aboard a convert boeing 747 plane The launched rocket was the first to be launched from British soil. He should put nine satellites into orbit, which should be used to detect smugglers and observe the climate. The rocket detached itself from the Boeing 747 a good 10,600 meters above the Atlantic, and a little later it was supposed to place the satellites in their Earth orbit.
But as the rocket was about to enter orbit and deliver the satellites, Virgin Orbit tweeted that there appeared to be an “anomaly” that “prevented us from reaching orbit”. The company said it would share more information “as soon as possible”.