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Virgin says fuel pump problems caused recent UK orbital launch failure

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Virgin says fuel pump problems caused recent UK orbital launch failure

Virgin Orbit's first attempted launch from the UK failed due to an "anomaly" that caused a "premature shutdown". Virgin said a fuel filter was "dislodged from its normal position" while the fuel pump downstream of the filter operated at "a degraded efficiency level", denying fuel to an engine. This ...

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