The company's CEO says a filter likely became dislodged within the rocket's second stage, leading to the crash.
ed the company’s LauncherOne booster rocket, which gets tucked beneath the left wing of a modified Boeing 747 and carried to a high altitude. The aircraft—dubbed—released the rocket over the Atlantic Ocean after lifting off from Spaceport Cornwall in southwest England.
LauncherOne managed to reach space, and fairing separation was achieved at the designated time, but the upper stage experienced an anomaly at an altitude of around 112 miles , causing the rocket and its payload to fall back to Earth, the company said. The rocket was moving at 11,000 miles per hour when it failed,
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