UK's first satellite fails to reach orbit due to 'anomaly'
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The UK and Western Europe's first attempt to launch a satellite from its soil failed after an "anomaly" prevented it from reaching orbit on Tuesday. The "horizontal launch mission" carried out by Virgin Orbit attempted to send nine small satellites into space from a 21 m rocket attached below the wing of a modified Boeing 747 jumbo jet from Newquay in coastal southwest England.