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Spaceport Cornwall: Newquay set to be hub of UK space travel
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Last month Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit successfully completed the first full orbital launch of its LauncherOne system from Mojave Air and Space Port in California. The company used a modified Boeing 747-400 aircraft to cruise to 30,000 feet before the rocket was blasted into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to deploy 10 CubeSat satellites. And now, as Mr Branson’s “key delivery partner” in the UK, Spaceport Cornwall is set to become Europe’s first horizontal launch site to provide a responsive, affordable and efficient way to launch small satellites.