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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Is the anomaly able to be shared publicly?'
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Will there be any possibility of recovering the rocket?
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Já somou um absurdo em conhecimento!!
prepared for the next
Always keep the faith....
Space is Hard !!! Good Luck next time
Please release the Footage...
How can virgin spend money on this when only weeks ago asked for a bail out from UK Government
So sad - this failure must have been expensive. Maybe uncle Richard can ask the taxpayer to help again......
Modeling how to use any situation to move forward. well done you guys!
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So was the Launcher One rocket retrievable after this drop? Is it designed to return to a landing spot/barge like the SpaceX program?
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