UK rocket launched in Australia goes home

By Conor Riordan
Updated January 21 2019 - 12:01pm, first published 11:57am
A British rocket will be on show in Scotland after being sent from its 1971 crash site in Australia.
A British rocket will be on show in Scotland after being sent from its 1971 crash site in Australia.

The UK's only rocket to successfully launch a satellite into orbit is going on display in Scotland after a 16,000km journey home from Australia, where it was launched in 1971.

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