🚀 The UK is gearing up to host its first ever orbital rocket launch. As the clock ticks down, here is everything you need to know as the UK gets involved in the space race 👇
As the clock ticks down, here is everything you need to know as the UK gets involved in the space race.The key thing to realise about this launch is that it's not going to remind you ofCosmic Girl may be named like a knock-off Star Wars ship, but it is in fact an old Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747.
The seats were ripped out, and the upper deck was converted into a control centre for launch engineers ahead of its arrival on the southwest coast from Virgin Orbit's factory in California. Under its left wing is LauncherOne, a 21m rocket, which will be released at 35,000ft over the Atlantic Ocean before accelerating to 8,000mph on its mission to deploy seven satellites into orbit.
So when it comes to the view from Spaceport Cornwall, it will not look dissimilar to any other plane taking off when it jets off under the cover of night.Cosmic Girl, operated by Virgin Orbit, has plenty of experience in that regard - in its past life it carried more than 2.5 million passengers on almost 8,300 flights.
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