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This is a HUGE milestone Virgin rocket launches Cal Poly mini satellite into space

This is a HUGE milestone. Virgin rocket launches Cal Poly mini satellite into space Mackenzie Shuman, The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) Jan. 17 A Cal Poly nanosatellite was successfully launched into space Sunday morning for a NASA mission, according to Virgin Orbit, the company tasked with carrying out the initiative. The launch was originally scheduled to happen on Wednesday, Jan. 13, but was delayed because Virgin Orbit just had a bit more work (final checkouts, etc.) to complete, and we didn t want to rush anything, Kendall Russell, communications director for the company, wrote in an email to The Tribune. The ExoCube 2 is a CubeSat device, a miniaturized satellite that was built over several years by a group of 50 Cal Poly students.

Richard Branson s Virgin Orbit launches rocket into space from wing of Boeing 747

Virgin Orbit launches rocket off a 747 aircraft

Virgin Orbit launches rocket off a 747 aircraft CNN 1/18/2021 By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business © Matt Hartman/AP Virgin Orbit Boeing 747-400 rocket launch platform, named Cosmic Girl, takes off from Mojave Air and Space Port, Mojave (MHV) on its second orbital launch demonstration in the Mojave Desert, north of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Hartman) A 70-foot rocket, riding beneath the wing of a retrofitted Boeing 747 aircraft, detached from the plane and fired itself into Earth s orbit on Sunday marking the first successful launch for the California-based rocket startup Virgin Orbit. Virgin Orbit s 747, nicknamed Cosmic Girl, took off from California around 10:30 am PT with the rocket, called LauncherOne, nestled beneath the plane s left wing. The aircraft flew out over the Pacific Ocean before the rocket was released, freeing LauncherOne and allowing it to power up its rocket motor and propel itself to more than 17,000 miles per hour, fast enough to beg

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