Virgin Orbit clarifies the cause behind its 'Start Me Up' mission's failure to reach orbit

Virgin Orbit clarifies the cause behind its 'Start Me Up' mission's failure to reach orbit

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Virgin Orbit clarifies the cause behind its 'Start Me Up' mission's failure to reach orbit The anomaly that aborted the attempt has been identified as a 'premature shutdown of first burn of second stage.' Everything was going great until it wasn't in the skies over Cornwall, UK on Monday. Virgin…

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