FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLA. (WSVN) - The Virgin Orbit 747 made a pit stop at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to fuel up after taking off from the Mojave Desert en route to the United Kingdom.
The aircraft is a mobile launch pad, and the company can send rockets and small satellites into space from it.
The plane, called Cosmic Girl, also serves as a mobile mission control room.
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