"The first-time nature of this mission added layers of complexity that our team professionally managed through however, in the end a technical failure appears to have prevented us from delivering the final orbit. Spaceport Cornwall has been earmarked as a major hub for future launches - Monday night's should have been the first time satellites had ever been fired into space from Western Europe, let alone the UK.īut Ms Thorpe could not confirm whether the spaceport would see another launch attempt in 2023.ĭan Hart, Virgin Orbit CEO, said: "While we are very proud of the many things that we successfully achieved as part of this mission, we are mindful that we failed to provide our customers with the launch service they deserve. "This is the biggest definitely, but I feel okay, and we'll get up, and we'll go again." When we got together, there were tears, and it was very upsetting."īut she added: "This isn't the first time we've been knocked. "It's gutting, and we all heard at different times. "We're feeling awful, to be honest - I'm not going to lie," she said. Melissa Thorpe, the head of Spaceport Cornwall, which is the UK's first licensed spaceport, admitted that there were "tears" when LauncherOne's issue emerged. 'We're feeling awful - but we'll go again' Image: Thousands of people were at the spaceport for the launch
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