Virgin Orbit reveals LauncherOne rocket attached to its 747 launch vehicle
Capitalism in space: Virgin Orbit has begun fit tests of its LauncherOne rocket attached to its 747 launch vehicle.
This suggests that they are getting close to the first taxi and flight tests of this smallsat rocket, originally promised for the summer that just ended.
I am increasingly confident that my 2016 prediction that Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne will reach space before Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo will be correct, even though the former has been in serious development only about four years compared to the latter’s now fifteen year history of no space flights.
Capitalism in space: Virgin Orbit has begun fit tests of its LauncherOne rocket attached to its 747 launch vehicle.
This suggests that they are getting close to the first taxi and flight tests of this smallsat rocket, originally promised for the summer that just ended.
I am increasingly confident that my 2016 prediction that Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne will reach space before Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo will be correct, even though the former has been in serious development only about four years compared to the latter’s now fifteen year history of no space flights.