in just over two hours, the first ever orbital space launch from british soil will blast off. the company behind the operation is the california based virgin orbit, founded by sir richard branson. the british entrepreneur has had one of his old passenger airliners converted to carry a rocket, called launcherone, beneath its left wing. the plane will take off from newquay airport in southwest england and head west over the atlantic, to a designated launch zone off the coast of ireland. at the appropriate moment, at an altitude of 35,000ft, the aircraft will release the rocket. its first stage engine will then ignite and begin its climb into orbit. the bbc sjenny kumah was at the launch site earlier today. because a fully fuelled rocket is a heavy load, the plane s lower deck has been completely stripped to save weight. two flight engineers will sit at consoles to monitor the launch. the bbc s rebecca morelle had a look. here in the cockpit are all the usual controls that you need to
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