Spaceport America | Virgin Galactic | Virgin Orbit

[SB76UFO]

OFF she goes! Virgin Orbit's Boeing 747 (N744VG) is airborne for the first orbital launch demo of the LauncherOne rocket.

"After taking off from Mojave, Cosmic Girl will fly due southwest to our drop point just south of the Channel Islands. Once we reach the drop point, we'll enter into a loop that we call the "racetrack" as we wait for final go/no-gos.

Last summer, we completed a beautiful drop test over Edwards AFB, which allowed us to collect really valuable aerodynamics data but also verified the release mechanism of our pylon."




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[Anca_Emanuel]

Nu au reușit să atingă orbita: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/05/virgin-orbit-first-orbital-launch-launcherone/

[Ionut]

Care orbita? Li s-a fasait motorul după vreo 4-5 secunde.