My guess would be a lack of telemetry for whatever reason, explains the deer-in-headlights response from UK officials.
“Unfortunately, after this point, the information from Virgin Orbit’s webcast and its Twitter feed became confusing.”
Twitter™ fallout. Governing by Twitter now lists alongside launching by Twitter.
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