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We basically have three different launch systems out there. we have our ground hardware, we have an entire aeroplane and a rocket. and so we have people that kind of specialise in each area of expertise here in the control room. so they're kind of looking at the data, making sure everything's healthy, consistent check ins throughout the day to make sure everything's going really well. and then we kind ofjust take it from there. the jumbo jet used to be a passenger plane, but now it's got a rocket fixed under its wing. and we've been given a rare chance for a look inside. 0n the lower deck, eve...

And we've been given a rare chance for a look inside. on the lower deck, everything has been stripped out to save weight, because a fully fuelled rocket is a heavy load. upstairs is where the flight engineers will sit, monitoring the launch, but it's at the front where a small modification will make a big difference. here in the cockpit are all the usual controls that you need to fly a plane. but there is one big difference, and it's this, this red square is a release button, and about an hour into the flight, the pilot will press this to drop the rocket. matthew stannard, or stanny for short,...

In each area of expertise here in the control room. so they're kind of looking at the data, making sure everything's healthy, consistent check ins throughout the day to make sure everything's going really well. and then we kind ofjust take it from there. the jumbo jet used to be a passenger plane, but now it's got a rocket fixed under its wing. and we've been given a rare chance for a look inside. on the lower deck, everything has been stripped out to save weight, because a fully fuelled rocket is a heavy load. upstairs is where the flight engineers will sit, monitoring the launch, but it's at...

Plane, but now it's got a rocket fixed under its wing. and we've been given a rare chance for a look inside. on the lower deck, everything has been stripped out to save weight, because a fully fuelled rocket is a heavy load. upstairs is where the flight engineers will sit, monitoring the launch, but it's at the front where a small modification will make a big difference. here in the cockpit are all the usual controls that you need to fly a plane. but there is one big difference, and it's this — this red square is a release button, and about an hour into the flight, the pilot will press this ...

In just over two hours, the first ever orbital space launch from british soil will blast off. the company behind the operation is the california—based virgin orbit, founded by sir richard branson. the british entrepreneur has had one of his old passenger airliners converted to carry a rocket, called launcherone, beneath its left wing. the plane will take off from newquay airport in southwest england and head west over the atlantic, to a designated launch zone off the coast of ireland. at the appropriate moment, at an altitude of 35,000ft, the aircraft will release the rocket. its first—sta...