The aeroplane that will be used for next month's historic orbital mission arrives for rehearsals.
The aeroplane that will be used for the first-ever satellite launch in the UK has touched down to begin mission preparations.
When precisely that will be is a little uncertain just now. Permission must come from the Civil Aviation Authority, and it has yet to issue the necessary licences. But the CAA is expected to give the "green light" any day now.A Prometheus satellite, built by the In-Space company, undergoes testing But Virgin Orbit's founder, the UK entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, wants to expand the company's satellite launch business worldwide, starting in the country of his birth.It's been adapted to carry a rocket, called LauncherOne, to an altitude of about 35,000ft , where it drops the liquid-fuelled booster into a freefall.
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