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RFA and SaxaVord target UK's first vertical orbital launch - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

target UK's first vertical orbital launch

And I think, more to the point, its first successful orbital launch.

And very plausibly (I think), depending on what else happens this year, they could be targeting Western Europe's first successful orbital launch.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Did Virgin Orbit's Launcher One not have a successful launch from the UK?

Edit: It did not.