A dislodged fuel filter set off a chain of events leading to the ‘anomaly’ that scuppered Virgin Orbit’s attempt to deploy satellites from UK for the first time.
Virgin Orbit has confirmed that the launch failure of its first UK mission was likely caused by a fuel filter that had been "dislodged from its normal position.".
On 9 January 2023, during the first attempted orbital launch from the United Kingdom, Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne experienced an anomaly, leading to a premature shutdown of the rocket and failure to reach
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