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Virgin Orbit set to try and send satellites to space for the first time – The Verge
Virgin Orbit, a sister company of Richard Branson’s space tourism effort, is set to try to send its rocket into orbit for the first time ever on January 17th after…
After its rocket failed to reach orbit last year
Virgin Orbits airborne rocket-launching system during a previous test.
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Virgin Orbit the sister company of billionaire Richard Bransons space tourism outfit Virgin Galactic will try a second test of its small satellite-launching rocket later today, months after it failed to reach orbit during a first attempt. It will also be the first time that the company tries to launch working satellites into space on behalf of NASA.
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