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    UK space regulator licenses Virgin Orbit for spaceflight launch

    LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has issued the final licences to Virgin Orbit for the first satellite launch take-off from UK soil, the Civil Aviation Authority said on Wednesday.

    "Today we are one step closer to opening the UK's galactic gateway, with Virgin Orbit receiving a historic first licence to allow the UK’s first ever spaceflight launch," Transport Minister Mark Harper said.

    (Reporting by Farouq Suleiman, Editing by Paul Sandle)

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