First UK satellite launch is set to go ahead from Spaceport Cornwall tonight, as a plane carries up a rocket that will then detach and blast away to deposit its payload of satellites in orbit
This adapted Boeing 747 called Cosmic Girl, will take off from Spaceport Cornwall carrying a rocket under one wingThe first orbital satellite launch from the UK is due to take place at Spaceport Cornwall in Newquay tonight. If successful, Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket, carrying a payload of nine satellites, will be dropped from a modified Boeing 747 plane at 35,000 feet off the south coast of Ireland, where it will continue into low Earth orbit and drop its cargo.
“It’s been a long road for us to get here, with lots of international agreements and working with countries like Ireland, Spain and Portugal, who are all involved in managing the airspace,” says The team hopes that, even if the weather worsens, the plane should still be OK to launch. “The Boeing 747 is a well-proven aircraft. It can take off in very challenging conditions and land back in challenging conditions as well,” says, deputy CEO for programme delivery at UKSA. “Of course, having a rocket underneath its left wing means that you have to be conscious of that, but one of the advantages as well is you can fly above the weather in order to launch [the rocket].
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