office four days a week starting march 1st. bob iger said that this would boost the company s creativity and culture. iger has also signaled the cost-cutting measures may lie ahead. we ll be watching disney shares when the markets open in just a few hours time. the first ever rocket launch from british soil has failed. virgin orbit said that an anomaly kept the launch from reaching orbit. launcher one has been hitching a ride from cosmic girl. the people were on board the rocket. no people on board, just satellites. the goal was to release nine satellites into earth s low orbit which would have marked a milestone in the commercial sector. still to come, unrest in brazil. we re tracking the fallout after supporters of bolsonaro broke into key institutions.
for the jumbo jet to take off. and there it goes. it s lift off for the plane. but this is just the beginning. the next step is to release the rocket and start a new era for uk space. godspeed, launcher one, godspeed, cosmic girl on this historic european and uk mission to open space for everyone. 2000 people came to watch, ready to see what they thought would be a moment of history. an hour into the flight, the rocket, called launcher one, fired its engines after it was released from the plane. so far, so good. but then, this. it appears that launcher one has suffered an anomaly, which will prevent us from making orbit for this mission. there was a problem with the rocket, and the mission was over. so this evening we had a first stage burn that took the rocket into space. but in effect, the second stage engine had a technical anomaly
Virgin Orbit and the United Kingdom Space Agency announced they will investigate the loss of the Launcher One rocket during its first United Kingdom launch attempt.