Virgin Orbit looks into cause of LauncherOne test failure
by Stuart Clark from Science | The Guardian on (#541TT)
Malfunction caused rocket to shut down about five seconds after ignition
The first launch demonstration of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket ended in failure this week.
The California-based company aims to place small satellites into space using LauncherOne, which is carried under the wing of a converted 747 jumbo-jet aircraft.
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