{"id":469911,"date":"2022-07-02T11:54:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T08:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/virgin-orbit-rocket-launches-7-us-defense-satellites\/"},"modified":"2022-07-02T11:54:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T08:54:59","slug":"virgin-orbit-rocket-launches-7-us-defense-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/virgin-orbit-rocket-launches-7-us-defense-satellites\/","title":{"rendered":"#Virgin Orbit rocket launches 7 US defense satellites"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24f3bec0644\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a24f3bec0644\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/virgin-orbit-rocket-launches-7-us-defense-satellites\/#%E2%80%9CVirgin_Orbit_rocket_launches_7_US_defense_satellites%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Virgin Orbit rocket launches 7 US defense satellites&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CVirgin_Orbit_rocket_launches_7_US_defense_satellites%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Virgin Orbit rocket launches 7 US defense satellites&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2021\/satellite-1.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2021\/satellite-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Credit: Unsplash\/CC0 Public Domain\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2021\/satellite-1.jpg\" alt=\"satellite\" title=\"Credit: Unsplash\/CC0 Public Domain\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Credit: Unsplash\/CC0 Public Domain<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A Virgin Orbit rocket carrying seven U.S. Defense Department satellites was launched from a special Boeing 747 flying off the Southern California coast and streaked toward space Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                    The modified jumbo jet took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in the Mojave Desert and released the rocket over the Pacific Ocean, northwest of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>The launch was procured by the U.S. Space Force for a Defense Department test program. The seven payloads will conduct various experiments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And there we have it, folks!&#8221; the company tweeted shortly before 1 a.m. local time, about an hour after the rocket separated from the 747. &#8220;NewtonFour successfully reignited and deployed all customer spacecraft into their target orbit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was Virgin Orbit&#8217;s fourth commercial launch and first night launch. The launch was originally scheduled for Wednesday night, but that attempt was scrubbed due to a propellant temperature issue.<\/p>\n<p>Virgin Orbit named the mission &#8220;Straight Up&#8221; after the hit on Paula Abdul&#8217;s debut studio album &#8220;Forever Your Girl,&#8221; which was released through Virgin Records in 1988.<\/p>\n<p>Virgin Orbit was founded in 2017 by British billionaire Richard Branson. It is headquartered in Long Beach, California, and currently conducts launches from the Mojave airport but is planning international missions.<\/p>\n<p>Later this year, the company will launch two satellites on a mission flying out of Newquay Airport in Cornwall, England. The satellites will conduct radio signal monitoring tests in a joint project of the United Kingdom&#8217;s Ministry of Defense and the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Virgin Orbit successfully launches 7 satellites into orbit\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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