Iran Press/ Iran News: An attempt to make British space history by launching a rocket into orbit from UK soil has ended in failure after suffering an “anomaly” during the flight.
After taking off from Cornwall, the Virgin Orbit plane flew to 35,000ft over the Atlantic Ocean where it jettisoned the rocket containing nine small satellites towards space, Irish Examiner reported.
Organizers of the Start Me Up mission said the rocket – with a variety of civil and defense applications – failed to orbit.
In a series of tweets, Virgin Orbit said: “We appear to have an anomaly that has prevented us from reaching orbit. We are evaluating the information.
“As we find out more, we’re removing our previous tweet about reaching orbit. We’ll share more info when we can.”
214
Read More:
New footage shows launch of Qaem 100 satellite carrier
Iran to launch at least 2 new satellites into space soon
