Virgin Orbit’s first air-launched rocket launch fails

Virgin Orbit’s first air-launched rocket launch fails
By Andy Tomaswick

The reason people use the aphorism “it isn’t rocket science” is because rocket science is hard.  Virgin Orbit, a spin-off of Virgin Galactic that focuses on small satellite launches, proved that with a recent test of its LauncherOne rocket. The LauncherOne, which has been in development for more than 7 years, was designed to serve …

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June 17, 2020 at 09:20AM
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