, eight months after the first demonstration flight of its air-launched rocket system failed, the company said.
The Virgin Orbit Boeing 747-400 rocket launch platform, named Cosmic Girl, takes off from Mojave Air and Space Port, Mojave on its successful orbital launch demonstration.in the desert north of Los Angeles and flew out over the Pacific Ocean to a drop point beyond the Channel Islands." The rocket's upper stage coasted for a period, reignited to circularise the orbit and then deployed the nine CubeSats.Virgin Orbit, based in Long Beach, California, is part of a wave of companies targeting the launch market for increasingly capable small satellites, which may range in sizes comparable to a toaster on up to a home refrigerator.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
Pushing ahead with pet projects yet had the begging bowl out for the UK Government to help the struggling airline 🙄
Still waiting for space travel that isn’t claustrophobic or you would need too much space. This guy stutters. And we are supposed to believe that stuttering is something to be fixed. space stuttering stammering