Cosmic Girl, a reworked Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 plane, is expected to take off from Spaceport Cornwall near Newquay in the coming weeks, and will then release a rocket capable of carrying satellites into orbit.
The LauncherOne rocket will be released at an altitude of 35,000ft following take-off from Cornwall. Pic: Virgin OrbitThe UK has moved a step closer to blasting its first rocket beyond the atmosphere after granting the proposed launch site a spaceport licence.
While Cape Canaveral has hosted plenty of launches dating back to 1950, Cornwall's first remains in the pipeline.
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