{"id":596055,"date":"2023-01-10T05:49:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T11:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/10\/the-uk-counts-down-to-its-first-ever-orbital-satellite-launch\/"},"modified":"2023-01-10T05:49:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T11:49:14","slug":"the-uk-counts-down-to-its-first-ever-orbital-satellite-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/10\/the-uk-counts-down-to-its-first-ever-orbital-satellite-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK counts down to its first ever orbital satellite launch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first ever orbital satellite\u00a0launch from the UK<\/a> \u2014 and Europe \u2014 was set for takeoff on Monday, January 9. The so-called \u201cStart Me UP<\/a>\u201d mission, led by US-based Virgin Orbit<\/a>, set out from Spaceport Cornwall at Newquay Airport at around 21:15 UTC.<\/p>\n

At the center of the mission was a modified Boeing 747 aircraft, the Cosmic Girl, fitted with Virgin Orbit\u2019s Launcher One rocket, which was carrying nine civil and defense satellites.<\/p>\n

Interested viewers who watched the launch via Virgin Orbit\u2019s livestream below were faced with disappointment: the mission failed.<\/p>\n