Category: cosmic girl

Virgin Orbit’s first launch demo flight ends abruptly after rocket release

Post author By Randall
Post date May 25, 2020
Categories In cosmic girl, gear, launcherone, News, Space, spaceflight, Tech, virgin orbit

[ad_1] Virgin Orbit’s first launch demonstration flight has ended in a very unceremonious fashion. The spaceflight firm reported a “clean release” of LauncherOne from the Cosmic Girl host aircraft, but the rocket’s journey “terminated shortly into the flight.” In other words, LauncherOne didn’t have a realistic chance of reaching orbit. The company had warned that […]

Virgin Orbit’s first launch demo takes place this weekend

Post author By Randall
Post date May 20, 2020
Categories In cosmic girl, flight, gear, News, Space, spaceflight, Tech, test flight, virgin orbit

[ad_1] Virgin Orbit is finally ready to try a proper launch demo. The spaceflight outfit now expects the launch demo mission to take place on either May 24th or May 25th between 1PM and 5PM Eastern each day. If there’s enough of a launch window, the Cosmic Girl carrier aircraft will release LauncherOne over the […]

Virgin Orbit’s first rocket drop test was a success

Post author By Randall
Post date July 10, 2019
Categories In cosmic girl, drop test, gear, launcherone, rocket, Space, spaceflight, Tech, Video, virgin orbit

[ad_1] Company chief Dan Hart told CNBC in an interview that he hoped the first full-fledged launch would take place “before the end of the summer.” A first commercial launch, meanwhile, could come roughly eight to 10 weeks after that. Virgin already has six rockets in progress in its factory, and thinks it can produce […]