The seaside town of Newquay played host to history, as an orbital rocket was blasted into space from UK soil for the first time. The LauncherOne craft was taken skyward under the wing of a former Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 dubbed Cosmic Girl
The former Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 took off from Spaceport Cornwall, at the site of Newquay Airport, at just gone 10pm on Monday night, sparking wild cheers and applause from the 2,000 members of the public who were lucky enough to snag tickets.
Sky News's science correspondent Thomas Moore said that although the rocket did seem to reach space successfully,"it does seem that at the last moment, the actual deployment of the satellites hasn't worked".It set off from Newquay shortly after 10pm, and reached the drop point for LauncherOne - the 21m-long rocket that was nestled under its left wing - just before 11.15pm.
The plane touched down back on the southwest coast of England less than two hours after its departure.LauncherOne was due to reach the other side of the world, ready to release the satellites another hour or so later. Despite news of LauncherOne running into problems, Cosmic Girl was greeted by raucous applause from the hundreds of members of the public watching at the spaceport.
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