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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...

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...

Photo courtesy of Virgin Orbit/Greg Robinson ExoCube 2 is among 10 small satellites flying aboard Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket –A Cal Poly San Luis Obispo CubeSat will ride on Wednesday Jan. 13 aboard Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket on its second attempt to reach space. The rocket includes nine other NASA-sponsored small satellites on the space agency’s next Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission. This is the first payload carried by Virgin Orbit’s rocket that will be carried aloft under the wing of a modified Boeing 747 to an altitude of 35,000 feet, released a...