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For the first time, Stratolaunch has taken a fully fueled Talon-A hypersonic test vehicle aloft under its Roc mother ship.

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit reaches space on 2nd try Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit reached space eight months after the first demonstration flight of its air-launched rocket system failed. Credit: 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) Author: Associated Press Updated: 4:09 PM CST January 17, 2021 LOS ANGELES — Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit has reached ...

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...