{"id":157409,"date":"2021-01-18T21:28:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T18:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/richard-bransons-virgin-orbit-launches-rocket-into-space\/"},"modified":"2021-01-18T21:28:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T18:28:32","slug":"richard-bransons-virgin-orbit-launches-rocket-into-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/richard-bransons-virgin-orbit-launches-rocket-into-space\/","title":{"rendered":"#Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit launches rocket into space"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit launches rocket into space<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Virgin Orbit is finally living up to its name. <\/p>\n

British billionaire Richard Branson\u2019s satellite-launching company successfully sent a rocket into space for the first time Sunday, following a failed attempt last year.<\/p>\n

The California-based firm\u2019s LauncherOne rocket flew into Earth\u2019s orbit from over the Pacific Ocean and dropped off 10 satellites for NASA\u2019s Launch Services Program, the company said.<\/p>\n

The two-stage rocket was attached to the bottom of a customized 747-400 jet named \u201cCosmic Girl,\u201d and then released from the plane in midair before igniting and making its way to space, according to the company.<\/p>\n

\u201cVirgin Orbit has achieved something many thought impossible,\u201d Branson \u2014 who\u2019s worth about $6.1 billion, according to Bloomberg<\/a> \u2014 said in a news release<\/a> announcing the successful launch. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis magnificent flight is the culmination of many years of hard work and will also unleash a whole new generation of innovators on the path to orbit.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Richard Branson\u2019s Virgin Orbit successfully launched into space on January 17, 2021.<\/figcaption>
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The launch marked a win for Virgin Orbit after it aborted an earlier test run last May soon after its rocket was released from the jet. The company said the failed mission still generated a trove of data.<\/p>\n

Virgin Orbit was spun off in 2017 from Virgin Galactic, the company Branson founded to ferry tourists into space. <\/p>\n

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Executives contend<\/a> that its midair launches allow satellites to be dropped into their intended orbit more efficiently \u2014 and aren\u2019t as prone to weather-related cancellations \u2014 than launches performed from a pad on the ground.<\/p>\n

A Virgin Orbit subsidiary called VOX Space LLC is selling launches to the US military. A mission is set to launch in October under a $35 million, three-mission contract with the US Space Force.<\/p>\n

With Post wires<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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