7 votes Small satellite launcher Virgin Orbit plans to fly its rocket for the first time this weekend Posted May 25, 2020 by cfabbro Tags: satellites, rocketry, aerospace, virgin orbit, launcherone, rocket launches, author.loren grush, source.the verge https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/25/21265057/virgin-orbit-launcherone-rocket-test-launch-747-airplane-cosmic-girl Link information This data is scraped automatically and may be incorrect. Authors Loren Grush Published May 25 2020 Word count 1057 words 2 comments Collapse replies Expand all Comments sorted by most votes newest first order posted relevance OK [2] zlsa May 25, 2020 Link We've confirmed a clean release from the aircraft. However, the mission terminated shortly into the flight. Cosmic Girl and our flight crew are safe and returning to base. - @Virgin_Orbit We've confirmed a clean release from the aircraft. However, the mission terminated shortly into the flight. Cosmic Girl and our flight crew are safe and returning to base. - @Virgin_Orbit 4 votes Deimos May 25, 2020 Link Parent Ars Technica article with some more detail and background: Virgin Orbit loses its first rocket shortly after engine ignition Ars Technica article with some more detail and background: Virgin Orbit loses its first rocket shortly after engine ignition 2 votes
[2] zlsa May 25, 2020 Link We've confirmed a clean release from the aircraft. However, the mission terminated shortly into the flight. Cosmic Girl and our flight crew are safe and returning to base. - @Virgin_Orbit We've confirmed a clean release from the aircraft. However, the mission terminated shortly into the flight. Cosmic Girl and our flight crew are safe and returning to base. - @Virgin_Orbit 4 votes Deimos May 25, 2020 Link Parent Ars Technica article with some more detail and background: Virgin Orbit loses its first rocket shortly after engine ignition Ars Technica article with some more detail and background: Virgin Orbit loses its first rocket shortly after engine ignition 2 votes
Deimos May 25, 2020 Link Parent Ars Technica article with some more detail and background: Virgin Orbit loses its first rocket shortly after engine ignition Ars Technica article with some more detail and background: Virgin Orbit loses its first rocket shortly after engine ignition 2 votes
We've confirmed a clean release from the aircraft. However, the mission terminated shortly into the flight. Cosmic Girl and our flight crew are safe and returning to base.
- @Virgin_Orbit
Ars Technica article with some more detail and background: Virgin Orbit loses its first rocket shortly after engine ignition