The first orbital space launch from British soil is scheduled to take off on Monday. 'Cosmic Girl,' a modified Boeing 747, will take off from Spaceport Cornwall. Once it reaches 35,000 feet, it will deploy a rocket into space.
The first orbital space launch from British soil is scheduled to take off on Monday.in England. Once it reaches 35,000 feet in the air, the converted aircraft will deploy a rocket, called LauncherOne, into space.into orbit, including Wales' first satellite and the first ever satellite launched by Oman to observe Earth.
In addition to being the first orbital launch ever from the United Kingdom, it is also the first commercial launch from Western Europe.
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