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Intended usage. LauncherOne is designed to launch a 300 kg (660 lb) payload to a 500 km (310 mi) Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), suitable for CubeSats and small payloads. [52][53] Virgin Orbit has also announced the ability of LauncherOne to send payloads into heliocentric orbit for flybys of Mars, Venus or asteroids.
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Usually, a rocket launched from a launch site on the ground will have two or three stages, which allow the rocket to shed weight as it uses up fuel. The first stage is the part which ignites at launch, powering the rocket from the ground. When the rocket reaches a certain altitude, the first stage then separates, leaving the second to ignite. A thi...
Of course, air-launching isn’t a perfect solution. The size of rocket is limited to the carrying capacity of the aircraft. A dedicated carrier aircraft may be able to carry much more, but for now there is not much scope for larger launchers. Stratolaunch, the developers of the enormous carrier aircraft of the same name able to carry a rocket weighi...
The idea of air launching has been around for some time. Nasa launched a Pegasus rocket from a B-52 bomber as long ago as 1990. The Pegasus launch service is still operational, and has completed 39 successful flights, but its launches are expensiveand only four have been made in the last ten years. In the short term, several launch contracts are al...
Jan 17, 2021 · Sir Richard Branson's rocket company Virgin Orbit has succeeded in putting its first satellites in space. Ten payloads in total were lofted on the same rocket, which was launched from under...
Jun 30, 2021 · After a smooth release from the aircraft, the LauncherOne rocket ignited and propelled itself towards space, ultimately deploying its payload into a precise target orbit approximately 500km above the Earth’s surface.
Jan 17, 2021 · Virgin Orbit aims to claim a sizable portion of the growing small-satellite launch market. That market is currently dominated by Rocket Lab , whose Electron booster has been operational...
Jan 17, 2021 · Sir Richard Branson's rocket company Virgin Orbit has succeeded in putting its first satellites in space. Ten payloads in total were lofted on the same rocket, which was launched from under...
Jun 30, 2021 · Cosmic Girl, Virgin Orbit’s adapted Virgin Atlantic 747 carrier aircraft, soared to 30,000ft to launch the Virgin LauncherOne rocket, which took off from under its wing, delivering satellites into orbit.
