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After the rocket, making sure it's healthy, using the launch engineers in the back- and mission control on the ground. - we commence a pull—up. it's about 26. so if you are a passenger. on this aeroplane, you feel yourself being pushed downjust slightly in the seat, _ and we go to about 35 degrees, nose up. - and what we're doing - there is trying to transfer energy from the aeroplane to the rocket. _ by us going to that, _ the moment the rocket comes off, it's already heading where it wants to. - it's not wasting any fuel. when we get to about 35. degrees, nose up, we wait for the right spe...

After the rocket, making sure it's healthy, using the launch engineers in the back and mission _ control on the ground. we commence a pull—up. it's about 26. so if you are a passenger on this aeroplane, you feel yourself- being pushed downjust slightly in the seat, and we go - to about 35 degrees, nose up. and what we're doing _ there is trying to transfer energy from the aeroplane to the rocket. by us going to that, — the moment the rocket comes off, it's already heading where it wants to. i it's not wasting any fuel. when we get to about 35 degrees, l nose up, we wait for the right speed...

Drop the rocket. that phase is called captive carry, we're just looking after the rocket, making sure it is healthy, using launch engineers in the back and mission control on the ground. we commence a flux about 26, so if you are a passenger on this aeroplane, you feel yourself being pushed down slightly down on the seat, and we go to about 35 degrees, nose up. and what we do is we try to transfer energy from the aeroplane to the rocket. by us going for that, the moment the rocket comes off it's heading off to where we want it to and not wasting any fuel. when we get to about 35 degrees nose u...

All that has been stripped out to save weight and weight—saving is really really important if you want to launch rockets. the squadron leader, matthew �*stanny�* stannard, is on loan to virgin orbit from the royal air force. he has already played a role in three successful rocket launches from cosmic girl over the mojave desert in the united states. can you take us through a mission and how it works? we get airborne from the runway behind us, and head out to what is called a race track, the point where we will drop the rocket. that phase is called captive carry, we're just looking after ...

In its former life, this cabin would have been filled with rows and rows of passenger seats, as well as galleys and bulkheads. they even used to have a bar on these aircraft. all of that has been stripped out to save weight — and weight saving is really, really important if you want to launch rockets. squadron leader matthew "stanny" stannard is on loan to virgin orbit from the royal air force. he's already played a role in three successful rocket launches from cosmic girl over the mojave desert in the united states. can you take us through a mission, how it works? we're going to get airborn...