The modified Boeing 747 plane, named 'Cosmic Girl,' will take off from Spaceport Cornwall in southwest England at 10.16 p.m. local time if conditions allow.
At around 35,000 feet, the Virgin Orbit rocket will be deployed over the Atlantic, carrying nine small satellites into orbit in what is known as a horizontal launch.
The modified Boeing 747 plane, named "Cosmic Girl," will take off from Spaceport Cornwall in southwest England at 10.16 p.m. local time if conditions allow, but back-up launch dates have also been scheduled for later this month.rocket will be deployed over the Atlantic, carrying nine small satellites into orbit in what is known as a horizontal launch.
Launching rockets from British soil allows the country to "be more responsible with the ways [it's] putting products into space," Melissa Thorpe, head of Spaceport Cornwall, told the BBC's "Today" show Monday.
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