The first-ever satellite mission launched from UK soil may have faced a setback, but it's not the end of the journey! The American Virgin Orbit company, operating from Newquay, Cornwall, ignited a rocket high over the Atlantic Ocean, but the company later reported that the rocket experienced...
The UK is about to have its first space launch – but Cornwall is unlikely to become a new Cape Canaveral Virgin Orbit, a US company which provides launch services for satellites, has announced that the first orbital space mission from the UK will blast off from Cornwall. The...
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne - the rocket that will conduct the first-ever orbital mission blasting off from the United Kingdom itself - has been delivered to its spaceport. The rocket will be used to launch payloads into orbit from Spaceport Cornwall. Its' arrival follows on from the arrival...