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Pictured is the Virgin Orbit 'Cosmic Girl' launch aircraft flying in formation alongside the Red Arrows Hawk jets. (© Crown Copyright 2019)

Red Arrows go Cosmic as RAF pilot selected for Virgin Orbit

04/10/2019 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (RAFAT), The Red Arrows, have gone Cosmic in the USA as they flew with the former Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747, “Cosmic Girl”. The 747 recently left the Virgin Atlantic fleet to start her new life as the launch platform for Virgin Orbit‘s LauncherOne system. [read more]

An artists rendering of the new Spaceport Cornwall

Virgin Orbit agreement to launch satellites from Cornwall

15/07/2018 3 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Virgin Orbit has entered into a partnership agreement with Spaceport Cornwall which will see satellite launches return to the UK for the first time in 50 years. The partnership with Satellite launch provider, Virgin Orbit, will see launches from a Spaceport at Cornwall Airport Newquay by 2021, using a modified Boeing [read more]