First UK Launch 2023

Virgin Orbit, LauncherOne "Start Me Up"

Monday 9th JAN 2023 at 22:16. From Spaceport Cornwall, United Kingdom

First stage airlaunch: Cosmic Girl, 747-400,

Main client being the US National Reconnaissance Office and is being used to advance a number of satellite

Payload

Nine Satellites : Prometheus-2, IOD-3 AMBER, CIRCE, DOVER, STORK-6

First satellite built in Wales. The ForgeStar-0 satellite has been designed by Cardiff-based startup Space Forge, which is creating the world's first returnable and reusable satellite platform to allow humanity to harness the power of microgravity and potentially transform manufacturing.

First satellite for the Sultanate of Oman. 'AMAN', A 3U CubeSat platform with Earth-Observation capabilities, built with the help from the USA, and Poland .