Launcher 1 launched from the Cosmos Girl aircraft with plans to put nine satellites into orbit, but ultimately failed.

(Reuters)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] Virgin Orbit Holdings (Virgin Orbit Holdings), a subsidiary of British billionaire Richard Branson, carried out the first satellite launch mission for the United Kingdom in the early morning of 10 Taiwan time, but an abnormal situation occurred unexpectedly Instead of reaching orbit, the first attempt to launch a satellite from Western Europe failed.

According to a Reuters report, a Boeing 747 modified carrier "Cosmic Girl" (Cosmic Girl) took off from the Cornwall Spaceport (Spaceport Cornwall) in Newquay, England, about 10,600 in the Atlantic Ocean. The launch of the rocket "Launcher One" (LauncherOne) above 10000 meters, plans to put nine satellites of Welsh space technology start-up "Space Forge" into orbit.

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But Virgin Orbit said this morning: "There appears to be an anomaly preventing our rocket from reaching orbit. We are evaluating this information." The British space agency said the first stage of acceleration had sent the rocket into space, but the second stage A "technical anomaly failed to reach the desired orbit" occurred.

The report pointed out that this is the first satellite launch mission to be carried out from Western Europe. The failure is a blow to the European space program. Over the past year, European space missions have continued to encounter setbacks. The first flight of the Ariane 6 rocket (Ariane 6) has continued to be delayed. , postponed from the original plan of 2020 to the end of 2023, the Italian Vega rocket (Vega-C) disappeared shortly after it was launched from French Guiana in December last year, and the launch failed.