Boris Johnson ‘PhotoShapped’ out of business secretary’s tweet plugging failed space launch
Organisers of the Start Me Up mission said the rocket - with a variety of civil and defence applications - failed to orbit.
Early on Tuesday morning, Virgin Orbit issued a statement which said: "Out of five LauncherOne missions carrying payloads for private companies and governmental agencies, this is the first to fall short of delivering its payloads to their precise target orbit." Named in tribute to the Rolling Stones' 1981 hit, the mission involved a repurposed Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 aircraft and Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket.
To prepare Cosmic Girl for the launch the interior of the main deck was gutted of all seats and overhead bins to reduce the weight. "It hasn't gone exactly to plan but we've done everything that we said we were going to do at Spaceport."It's gutting and we all heard at different times and when we got together there were tears, and it was very upsetting.
"Over the coming days, there'll be an investigation involving the Government and various bodies, including Virgin Orbit, to make sure we understand what caused that technical failure and again we'll work out what to do next following that."
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