On the evening of January 17, Kyiv time, a successful test launch of the LauncherOne space rocket was made over the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles from under the wing of a modified Cosmic Girl booster aircraft. All stages of the mission went perfectly. Thus, another Forbes billionaire, Richard Branson, has achieved success in […]
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Virgin Orbit Launches Satellites for the First Time in Earth Orbit Using Air Launch System
Virgin Orbit successfully launched satellites into orbit for the first time using a LauncherOne launch vehicle launched from the Cosmic Girl aircraft, a specially modified Boeing 747. The payload consisted of nine small satellites prepared by NASA and several universities. The previous flight was unsuccessful – the rocket engine did not turn on. This time […]