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'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 th...

California-based Virgin Orbit made its first successful flight to orbit Sunday using a rocket launched from a plane over the Pacific Ocean, announcing later that the satellites aboard were released successfully.

Virgin Orbit targets Sunday for LauncherOne mission from California By (0) Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket, like one shown here in a 2019 test over the Pacific Ociean, is scheduled to launch science experiments for NASA and several universities on Sunday. Photo by Greg Robinson/courtesy of Virgin Orbit Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket, like one shown here in a 2019 test in California, is scheduled to launch science experiments for NASA and several universities on Sunday. Photo by Greg Robinson/courtesy of Virgin Orbit Technicians prepare a small satellite, MiTEE, for launch in California...

A Cal Poly CubeSat will be launched into space tomorrow morning. It’ll hitch a ride on Virgin Orbit’s Launcher-One rocket. The CubeSat is one of 10 small satellites NASA will include in its next Educational Launch of

Cal Poly satellite will launch into space in NASA mission. What will the CubeSat do? [The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)] Jan. 12—A Cal Poly satellite approximately the size of a loaf of bread will launch into space Wednesday if all goes to plan, the university announced Monday. ExoCube 2 is a CubeSat device, a nanosatellite that was built over several years by a group of 50 Cal Poly students. The ExoCube 2 will be launched between 7 to 10 a.m. Wednesday alongside nine other tiny, NASA-sponsored satellites on the space agency’s next Educational Launch of Nanosatellites mission, or ELaN...