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In this first launch demo, we successfully completed all of our pre-launch procedures, captive carry flight out to the drop site, clean telemetry lock from multiple dishes, a smooth pass through the racetrack, terminal count, and a clean release from the aircraft.
LauncherOne maintained stability after release, and we ignited our first stage engine, NewtonThree. An anomaly then occurred early in first stage flight. We'll learn more as our engineers analyze the mountain of data we collected today.
As we said before the flight, our goals today were to work through the process of conducting a launch, learn as much as we could, and achieve ignition. We hoped we could have done more, but we accomplished those key objectives today.
The team's already hard at work digging into the data, and we're eager to hop into our next big test ASAP. Thankfully, instead of waiting until after our 1st flight to tackle our 2nd rocket, we've already completed a ton of work to get us back in the air and keep moving forward.
Here's our next rocket, built and ready for system-level testing in our final integration area as it waits for its turn to fly to space.pic.twitter.com/Zhc2uDtMMC
Can you release the footage of the anomaly? You know us space nerds go nuts to decode what happens when things go wrong! Space is hard but LauncherOne is still very capable, there’s always a next time and I’m sure it will be more successful! 
Indeed we need video of the earth shattering kaboom.
My heart goes out to the engineers who will be feeling beyond disappointed right now, but at the end of it all this is why we do trials. Well done on getting this far, you'll crack that nut!
Nobody expects a first flight to go perfectly, and the fact that nobody got hurt and separation was clean is a huge success
You'll never fly if you never try - good luck for the next test.
Anomaly as in RUD or something less energetic?
Did the engine just shut down or did it go boom?
https://youtu.be/CNJib8lJY1E In this footage, it is clear the engine DOES shut down, although clearly unintentionally!
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