and a flourishing high tech satellite industry, to building launchpads in the most remote parts of the british isles. this is the uk s race to space. five, four, three, two, one. lift off! at newquay in cornwall, the children of the bishops learning academy are having a lesson in rocket science. among this class could be the engineers of the future uk space industry. they re taking a special interest in rockets because a launch is about to happen just down the road from them. i m just excited because we might actually get the chance to see it over newquay, and there s going to be
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this red square is a release button, and about an hour into the flight, the pilot will press this to drop the rocket. rebecca also spoke to the lead pilot on the mission. we enter what s called a terminal count procedure, and that s for when things, for us, certainly get more interesting, as we go through that sequence of pressurising the tank, chilling the lines. at the end of that 15 minute terminal count, the rocket says, i m ready to go now . and it s myjob to make sure the aeroplane is at the right bit in the sky, in the right position, so when the rocket says i m ready to go , away she goes. that rocket will release nine satellites into an orbit more than 500 km above the planet. by launching it from a converted plane, virgin orbit hope to offer a cheaper and more flexible way to get satellites into orbit and boost the uk s satellite industry. here s the uk space agency s view.
a cheaper and more flexible way to get satellites into orbit and boost the uk s satellite industry. here s the uk space agency s view. we are absolutely fantastic at designing satellites and building satellites. i always use the heuristic that we build more satellites here in the uk than anywhere outside the us. and we re also great at operating satellites as well as exploiting the data, which is a really, really important end of it as well. so we re kind of on a journey, and this helps us with thatjourney and fills what i call that end to end capability. so you can do everything. the small satelites being taken into orbit can be used for civilian and military purposes. here s british astronaut tim peake. yeah, there s a huge growing market for small satellites. these are kind of cube sats. the total payload may be about 300 kilograms for what this rocket can launch, and it s going into a very, very useful orbit. you might not think the uk is a very good place for launching satellites,