09.12.16

Virgin Galactic lands a gig launching satellites

The job will done using Virgin Galactic’s LauncherOne, a rocket now being built specifically for launching satellites. The rocket is dropped from the wing of a modded 747 before zooming out through the atmosphere. Virgin will start testing the rocket next year.

LauncherOne will also be used to launch satellites for the low-cost satellite broadband provider OneWeb.

Source: L.A. TimesMS

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