LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s hopes of becoming a leading destination for the launch of small satellites remain intact despite the failure of the first mission, the country’s business minister Grant Shapps said on Tuesday. Hours after the plan to launch nine satellites ended when Virgin Orbit’s rocket suffered an anomaly which prevented it from reaching orbit, Shapps said another attempt would follow. “Space is difficult,” he told Sky News. “The great thing about this technology is that no one was harmed, the pilots came back in the aircraft. It didn’t work. No doubt they’ll pick themselves up,…