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As you all know I attended FIAS2018 on business (see my photos of Tempest). Wondering into Hall 1 and spotted Lego space model competition on the South West Aerospace Forum, so stopped to drop ones card off. Noticed model of Virgin 747-800 and rocket underneath, thus the billboards advertising Cornwall Spaceport...at Newquay International Airport. As the announcement was made on the monday announcing Newquay int as launch site .....

For those of you who knew of our former RAF St Mawgan which was home to Nimrod MRA1 squadrons and RAF Sea King Training Unit (SKTU), and former US Naval Weapons Faciility and subesequentUS Navy Joint Maritime Force. Some parts of the airport are RAF albeit MoD JOINT Services Survival Resistance Escape school. Leonardo Training Acdemy uses it to train customers for the likes of AW101, AW159, AW139 etc...

Anyhow I took a couple of snaps of the models

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http://www.spaceportcornwall.com/

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Scramble Magazine on FB has a nice set of picture of Cosmic girl fitted with its special pylon:

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https://www.facebook.com/Scramblemagazine/photos/a.216124641747411/2380695021957018/
 

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Giant leap for Cornwall as £20 million secured for spaceport

Cornwall Council will provide up to £12 million funding for the scheme, subject to approval by full council, alongside up to £7.85 million from the UK Space Agency.

A further contribution of £0.5 million will come from the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership.

The funding will allow Spaceport Cornwall and US launch operator Virgin Orbit, which is also investing an additional £2.5 million, to develop facilities and operational capabilities that would enable small satellite launch from Cornwall in the early 2020s.
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1579891764592521220
View: https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1579891764592521220


Cosmic Girl is in the UK!

Is set to conduct an air launch of LauncherOne. Will be released over the ocean, but the duo will take off from the UK.

Vertical launch (from UK soil) is coming to the UK via the two sites in Scotland in the near future, however.
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1579867519719874562
View: https://twitter.com/VirginOrbit/status/1579867519719874562


Start it up This week, #LauncherOne will depart sunny California for our launch later this year @SpaceCornwall. Officially titled “Start Me Up,” after the @RollingStones 1981 hit released on Virgin Records, the mission is “starting up” the UK’s orbital launch capabilities.
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1579950695461322754
View: https://twitter.com/bbcamos/status/1579950695461322754


Really great drone shot of Cosmic Girl in Newquay this evening #UKLaunch #StartMeUp @VirginOrbit @SpaceCornwall
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1580164048988971009
View: https://twitter.com/spacecornwall/status/1580164048988971009


And can we please take a moment for the EPIC mission patch...@VirginOrbit ️
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1580889916451409922
View: https://twitter.com/bbcamos/status/1580889916451409922


MASSIVE moment for . The first ever Welsh satellite is integrated into its dispenser ready for its @VirginOrbit #UKLaunch next month. Congratulations Andy and Josh. @Space_Forge @SpaceCornwall
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1580906146248130561
View: https://twitter.com/bbcamos/status/1580906146248130561


Not just another 747. Cosmic Girl heads down the runway at @SpaceCornwall for another rehearsal ahead of the first #UKLaunch
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1581227073128914944
View: https://twitter.com/melsgoodspace/status/1581227073128914944


Right now there is a space rocket in Cornwall.

In
Cornwall

Welcome #LauncherOne.
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1581207860158951425
View: https://twitter.com/ukspacecmd/status/1581207860158951425


Last night, a @RoyalAirForce C-17 Globemaster arrived at @SpaceCornwall carrying @VirginOrbit's 'LauncherOne' rocket

The RAF and UK Space Command are proud to support #StartMeUp - the first ever space launch from the UK - due to take place later this year.
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1581263488856444929
View: https://twitter.com/bbcamos/status/1581263488856444929


It's here! LauncherOne arrived at @SpaceCornwall last night ahead of next month's flight. #UKLaunch @VirginOrbit #StartMeUp
bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…
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A @99Sqn C-17 from @RAFBrizeNorton landed at @spacecornwall night, carrying @VirginOrbit’s ‘LauncherOne’ rocket.

Later this year, Virgin Orbit will launch this rocket into space as part of the first ever space launch from UK soil. The RAF is proud to support this historic event.
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1581322061271601152
View: https://twitter.com/RoyalAirForce/status/1581322061271601152
 
Scott Manley has posted a video about the launch failure of the latest LauncherOne launch (And first launch from Cornwall):


I posted it in this thread as I thought this was the appropriate one to post it.
 
with bad News
i wonder will Virgin Galactic be next ?
That run since 19 years and only made test launches...
 
What a shame about Virgin Orbit failing to secure funding, pulling the plug on it after just one rocket failure? that is just pure and utter madness. The whole thing stinks. :mad:
 
There are loads of smallest launch providers vying for a limited market. Virgin Orbit looked like one of the most expensive.
 
Looks like VO has fallen off 'tightrope'...
I wonder if they'd hoped to attract some of the Scottish launch-site's customers, but failed.
Also, there seems to be a zoo of rival 'small launchers' actually succeeding...
{ Sigh... }
 
Nik said:
Looks like VO has fallen off 'tightrope'...
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According the Angry Astonaut
The Cornwall launch was the one the company needed to survive and gain international Customers.
It failed and customer went to others SpaceX, RocketLab, Firefly, Relativity.
 
According to the Angry Historian (me), as far as I'm concerned stuff the hubris where the sun doesn't shine. Cultural vandalism by Cornwall Council doesn't make a spaceport! A spaceport without any rockets is pointless and now that Virgin Orbit is history surely the whole thing is dead in the water?

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Cornwall Council will be quaking in their boots as it is going to be the English local elections soon and I wish that all the locals go down to the polling stations on the day and get rid of this inept council immediately.
 
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Next thing, they'll be 'letting' the field for 'portacabin' migrant-holding...
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