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Richard Branson company launches rocket from under plane s wing CBSNews © Virgin Orbit Twitter feed virgin-orbti-test-launch-011721.jpg Richard Branson s Virgin Orbit reached space on Sunday, eight months after the first demonstration flight of its air-launched rocket system failed, the company said. A 70-foot-long LauncherOne rocket was released from beneath the wing of a Boeing 747 carrier aircraft off the coast of Southern California. Virgin Galactic takes first test passenger into space Replay Video It ignited moments later and soared toward space. The two-stage rocket carried a cluster of very small satellites known as CubeSats developed and built as part of a NASA educational program involving U.S. universities.

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