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Virgin Orbital, owned by Richard Branson, had repurposed one of his old passenger 747s into a customized aircraft. The rocket launcher was itself carrying a payload of satellites that were destined for Earth orbit but never reached their destination. Blaming an anomaly, Virgin reported that the rocket had failed to deploy its cargo which had burned up over the ocean. Space journalist and presenter of the Space Boffins podcast, Richard Hollingham, has been following the events closely.