Why Did Virgin Orbit's First Launch From The UK Fail To Reach Orbit?

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It was supposed to be the first orbital launch from the UK, and Western Europe, but during the second stage the Newton 4 Engine appears to have shut down early, and given the poor quality of telemetry on the stream it's hard to figure out exactly what might have cause this, but we have a few ideas....

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