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Virgin's Cosmic Girl on its way over to Cornwall for Sept satellite launch

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Beeb have finally woken up. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64179472  

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Looks like the slightly delayed launch means the clouds are going to kill of @Stua chance. That 100miles buys me more time, but stuff will be much lower. What’s the betting that no-one sees this from

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I am amazed that we still allow excuses for failures these days, its not rocket science anymore its developing nearly 100 year old technology that we ought to have nailed by now.  Alan

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surprisingly still no date made known, but mr Angry mentioned that they've got clearances and he's hoping to cover the launch before he returns home on 16-Dec, so could be any day soon perhaps?

Was thinking to update the title to say now-Dec? but don't seem able to edit it for some reason 😞 

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Should perhaps just load it all back up on the carrier jet along with the satellites and go elsewhere to launch them, close the doors on UK space ops and not look back. What a farce, they had the chance to come out looking viable but snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Heck Iceland changed laws etc to get that UK launch attempt done and we're sat doing nowt as usual 😞 

PS - not digging at the spaceport folks BTW, they've done great getting set up, we know where the fail is, the usual place...

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On 05/07/2022 at 17:09, DaveL59 said:

Just read this on the BBC, nice to see we'll have launch capability soon 

UK satellite launch: 'Everything now is about getting to Cornwall' - BBC News

Sure it ain't a rocket lifting off the ground but at least we're finally getting into the game of adding more orbiting debris 😉 

A lot of that debris is made literally a 5 minute walk from my house, in Maynooth University. Parts of the JWST, were also made there. I think the filters/filter wheel were made in the Uni.

It's nice to think Ireland has some input into international space exploration, especially my own town.

The induction coil was invented in the Uni.

Father Nicholas Joseph Callan was an Irish priest and scientist from Darver, County Louth, Ireland. He was Professor of Natural Philosophy in Maynooth College in County Kildare from 1834, and is best known for his work on the induction coil. Wikipedia
Born: December 22, 1799, Darver
Died: January 10, 1864, Maynooth

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So, let's get this right, you don't actually get to see the launch of the rocket, as that's been released over the ocean off the coast of Ireland. What you get to see is the 747 take off like any other 747 just with a rocket strapped to it! And people are willing to pay just to watch that? Wow.

 

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25 minutes ago, Chaz2b said:

So, let's get this right, you don't actually get to see the launch of the rocket, as that's been released over the ocean off the coast of Ireland. What you get to see is the 747 take off like any other 747 just with a rocket strapped to it! And people are willing to pay just to watch that? Wow.

 

well it is our first launch into space proper...

Not sure but as it's night some may see the thing fire up and go at least as a bright streak in the distance. 

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2 hours ago, DaveL59 said:

well it is our first launch into space proper...

Not sure but as it's night some may see the thing fire up and go at least as a bright streak in the distance. 

With our weather?! And if it’s clear shouldn’t we be making the most of it stargazing? I say with tongue in cheek.

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5 hours ago, DaveL59 said:

well it is our first launch into space proper...

Ummm, not really !
Our first proper British rocket (Black Arrow*) launched satellite was the British made Prospero.
Launched from a rather large aircraft carrier floating in the south Pacific,,, called Australia :) 
And it was placed well high enough that it is still up there !

* part of the Black Knight / Blue Streak experiments  of the 1960/70s  (violins) - I remember it well and still curse HaroldW et al. for cancelling the things (end violins)
 

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