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Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket suffers in-flight failure in Britain's first orbital flight

Por: CBS News Tech January 10, 2023

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Virgin Orbit launched nine small satellites atop a rocket dropped from a 747 jumbo jet south of Ireland on Monday, but the booster suffered a failure during the climb to space and the payloads were lost, the company said.The 747 Cosmic Girl jet took off from Cornwall Airport Newquay near Britain's southwest coast in what had been billed as the first orbital launch from the United Kingdom and western Europe.The repurposed Virgin Atlantic... + full article



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