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Virgin Orbital had repurposed one of its old passenger 747s to produce a customized aircraft that was capable of carrying a rocket called Launcher 1. Unfortunately, they never reached their destination. Blaming an anomaly, Virgin reported that the rocket had failed to deploy its cargo, which then burned up over the ocean. Space journalist and presenter of the Space Boffins Podcast, Richard Hollingham, has been following the events very closely. James Titco asked him what he thought had gone wrong.
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