License to launch: UK space regulator gives Virgin Orbit satellites the go-ahead

First satellite to be launched into orbit from western Europe... when it takes off

After some tension around a delayed launch of what will be the first satellite to go into orbit from British soil - or indeed from anywhere in western Europe - UK regulators have confirmed they've issued all licenses necessary for Virgin Orbit to deploy a rocket for horizontal takeoff from a modified Boeing 747 from Spaceport Cornwall....