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Subject BREAKING: UK to be first country to launch satellites into orbit from Europe!!!

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Original Message The first launch will take place from Spaceport Cornwall in the southwest of England and will be what is known as a ‘horizontal launch’, the UK Space Agency confirmed on Wednesday, October 5.

A specially modified Boeing 747 from Virgin Orbit called Cosmic Girl, with a rocket attached under its wing, will take off from a runway. In flight, the LauncherOne rocket will launch from the wing, taking multiple small satellites into orbit.

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