An attempt to launch a rocket into orbit from the UK has ended in failure after an "anomaly" during the flight.
A Virgin Orbit plane took off from Cornwall and flew to 35,000ft over the Atlantic Ocean where it jettisoned the rocket containing nine small satellites towards space. Organisers of the Start Me Up mission said the rocket - with a variety of civil and defence applications - failed to orbit.
In a series of tweets, Virgin Orbit said: "We appear to have an anomaly that has prevented us from reaching orbit. We are evaluating the information. As we find out more, we're removing our previous tweet about reaching orbit. We'll share more info when we can."
