'This is incredibly significant'. Space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock explains why the orbital rocket launch from Cornwall will be a 'historical moment for us all' 🚀 Follow live updates: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Analysis: New space race powered by falling costsThe UK Space Agency tells me that in 1971 when Britain launched the Black Arrow rocket from Australia it cost £95,000 per kilogram to put a satellite in orbit.It’s little wonder that the programme was cancelled after just one launch.Modern rockets are cheaper to build, more efficient – and in the case of SpaceX largely re-useable.
Cosmic Girl, the aircraft carrying the LauncherOne rocket, will start moving down the runway at around 9.30pm, with the wheels going up about 15 minutes later. It was built by Virgin Orbit in California and then moved to England's southwest coast ahead of the Start Me Up mission.The 21-metre craft is being carried skyward this time by a converted aeroplane, a Virgin Boeing 747, before detaching about 90 minutes after take-off and heading for the final frontier.
Read the article below to get all the key details, including how the launch will work, the mission's objectives, and how it could put rocket boosters on the UK's space programme.The event will be livestreamed from Spaceport Cornwall from 9pm, and you'll be able to watch here in the blog. "The remaining showers continue to die off during the evening and winds easing, feeling cold for a time under clearing skies.
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