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No hope of UK rocket launch until 2024 after Virgin Orbit failure

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No hope of UK rocket launch until 2024 after Virgin Orbit failure

Hopes of a UK space revolution dwindle as Virgin Orbit places most staff on leave

By Matthew Field

19 March 2023 • 4:46pm
Undated handout photo issued by the Ministry of Defence of the Virgin Orbit LauncherOne. Richard Branson's satellite launch firm Virgin Orbit has paused operations, the company said, amid reports that it is working to secure additional funding. The news comes after the company, which is based in California, failed in its first ever satellite mission from UK soil in January. Issue date: Thursday March 16, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story SCIENCE VirginOrbit. Photo credit should read: Ministry of Defence/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Virgin Orbit planned to launch satellites from a Cornwall spaceport using a converted Boeing 747 named 'Cosmic Girl'

Credit: Ministry of Defence/PA Media

Britain has little hope of hosting a successful orbital rocket mission this year, space officials have admitted, after the failure of Virgin Orbit's "Start Me Up" satellite launch in January....


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