Virgin Orbit delays historic launch from United Kingdom over licensing: reports

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The company had hoped to take flight in Cornwall on Dec. 14.

The first space launch from the United Kingdom is once again delayed.

Virgin Orbit, which planned to launch satellites in Cornwall aboard its modified 747 carrier aircraft as soon as Dec. 14, pushed back the date several weeks on Thursday due to licensing issues surrounding the launch, media reports indicated. "With licenses still outstanding for the launch itself and for the satellites within the payload, additional technical work [is] needed to establish system health and readiness," CEO Dan Hart said in a statementCiting a"very limited available launch window of only two days," Hart said the new launch window will be"for the coming weeks," leaving it unclear whether the company plans a 2022 launch after all.

 

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