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of launches planned. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle reports. coming in to land at spaceport cornwall, a jumbo jet with a difference, getting ready to make history. the plane will release a rocket mid air, which will fire its engines and send satellites into orbit. the first time this has been done from british soil. matthew stannard will be at the controls. it s incredible. a huge amount of pride that i get to be involved in this. it s a big dealfor the uk. it s a big dealfor cornwall. and the idea that i get to be the pilot on this mission is incredible. this is what s on board the rocket small satellites. the uk is a leader in this industry. it s driven the growth of a space economy worth £16.5 billion a year, employing nearly 50,000 people. but until now, british made satellites had to be sent abroad to launch. for the first time, the uk has all the pieces of the jigsaw
it s incredible. a huge amount of pride that i get to be involved in this. it s a big dealfor the uk. it s a big dealfor cornwall. and the idea that i get to be the pilot on this mission is incredible. this is what s on board the rocket. small satellites. the uk is a leader in this industry. it s driven the growth of a space economy worth £16.5 billion, employing nearly 50,000 people. but until now, british made satellites had to be sent abroad to launch. for the first time, the uk has all the pieces of the jigsaw to be able to design and develop satellites, launch them from the uk, operate them from the uk. we can operate an entire ecosystem in a really fantastic closed loop. a vital part of that is building rockets. in cumbernauld, just outside of glasgow, skyrora havejust opened up a new facility. they re busy working on a prototype before building a larger rocket to launch
going to change everything for the uk satellite industry. it s really important for our economy both locally here down in cornwall where there s 2,500 jobs involved with space and also nationally as well. the space economy is worth £16.5 billion annually and employs 117,000 people. and that s growing all the time. and also, of course, it s a moment of inspiration for the youngsters who we want to come into technical jobs and the space industry in the future. so why are satellites in space so important? when you think about what space does for us in society, for example, if you take all of the un climate variables, then half of them you can only measure from space. when there are so many concerns about the climate, what would you say to people who might argue it s not the time to put satellites into space? we have to acknowledge that spaceport operators, of course, they have to fulfil an environmental obligation. so part of the licence conditions that they get is ensuring
britain s space industry is growing quickly and this is just the first of a number of launches planned. our science editor rebecca morelle reports. coming in to land at spaceport cornwall, a jumbo jet with a difference getting ready to make history. the plane will release a rocket mid air, which will fire its engines and send satellites into orbit. the first time this has been done from british soil. matthew stannard will be at the controls. it s incredible. a huge amount of pride that i get to be involved in this. it s a big dealfor the uk. it s a big dealfor cornwall. and the idea that i get to be the pilot on this mission is incredible. this is what s on board the rocket. small satellites. the uk is a leader in this industry. it s driven the growth of a space economy worth £16.5 billion, employing nearly 50,000 people. but until now, british made satellites had to be sent abroad to launch. for the first time, the uk has all the pieces of the jigsaw to be able to design and develo