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First satellite launch from the UK set to go ahead tonight in Cornwall
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snippets .....The 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, from where it will continue into low Earth orbit to drop its cargo.
...... If the plane gets the green light to launch, it will take off between 9.40pm and 11pm GMT (4.40pm and 6pm EST) and head towards the Irish Sea, where it will drop the rocket about an hour later.
https://www.newscientist.com/article...t-in-cornwall/
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Space fans can watch the Virgin Orbit livestream via Youtube from 9pm. The site is currently showing a count down video.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpz...LcK7rH_1oup7Sw
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