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Virgin Orbit’s
successful rocket
launch great
beginning for New
Year
Virgin Orbit photograph
by Cathy Hansen
special to Aerotech News
Photograph by Cathy Hansen Sir Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group, said, “Virgin Orbit has achieved something many
Main: The LauncherOne two-stage rocket ignites over the Pacific Ocean after being thought impossible. It was so inspiring to see our specially adapted Virgin Atlantic 747, ‘Cosmic Girl,’ send
released from the Cosmic Girl carrier aircraft Jan. 17, 2021. After launch, LauncherOne
released 10 CubeSats for NASA. The payloads onboard LauncherOne today were selected the LauncherOne rocket soaring into orbit.
by NASA LSP as part of the agency’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI). Inset: Cosmic “This magnificent flight is the culmination of many years of hard work and will also unleash a whole
Girl, with LauncherOne attached, takes off from the Mojave Air and Space Port before new generation of innovators on the path to orbit. I can’t wait to see the incredible missions Dan and the
heading out to the launch site over the Pacific Ocean.
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