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The first orbital space launch from British soil will take off on Monday

LauncherOne will depart from Spaceport Cornwall and will take satellites into orbit.
Melissa Thorpe, head of Spaceport Cornwall, in front of Cosmic Girl.

The first orbital space launch from British soil is scheduled to take off on Monday.

A modified Boeing 747 airplane known as Cosmic Girl will take off from in England. Once it reaches 35,000 feet in the

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