IT House July 1 news, small satellite launcher company Virgin Orbit announced that the temperature of its rocket propellant “slightly out of rangethe first nightly launch scheduled for Wednesday was postponed, and the company is considering continuing launches in the next few days.
The mission, called “Straight Up,” is for the U.S. Space Force and will test carry seven small satellites, The Verge reports. This will be Virgin Orbit’s fifth mission and the second since the company went public through a SPAC merger. The launch, scheduled for the 1 a.m. ET launch window, was the company’s first launch of the night.
IT House learned that Virgin Orbit uses a special method to launch satellites. The rocket LauncherOne will be carried by a Boeing 747 to an altitude of about 10,000 meters, and then the booster will be released and the main engine will be ignited to send its payload. Push into orbit.
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