The first ever orbital launch on British soil is another step closer — with Virgin Orbit’s space plane set to arrive in Cornwall later this week.
As early as next month, Sir Richard Branson’s Cosmic Girl will take off from Newquay with a 70-foot-long rocket packed full of satellites, which will then be flown to high altitude, dropped, and ignited before flying into space.
Today, the UK Space Agency announced that Virgin’s carrier aircraft, ground support equipment, and rocket are