California-based Virgin Orbit made its first successful flight to orbit Sunday using a rocket launched from a plane over the Pacific Ocean, announcing later that the satellites aboard were released successfully.
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Virgin Orbit targets Sunday for LauncherOne mission from California
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Virgin Orbit s LauncherOne rocket, like one shown here in a 2019 test over the Pacific Ociean, is scheduled to launch science experiments for NASA and several universities on Sunday. Photo by Greg Robinson/courtesy of Virgin Orbit
Virgin Orbit s LauncherOne rocket, like one shown here in a 2019 test in California, is scheduled to launch science experiments for NASA and several universities on Sunday. Photo by Greg Robinson/courtesy of Virgin Orbit
Technicians prepare a small satellite, MiTEE, for launch in California on Sunday after it was built and shipped by the University of Michigan. Photo courtesy of Virgin Orbit
A Cal Poly CubeSat will be launched into space tomorrow morning. It’ll hitch a ride on Virgin Orbit’s Launcher-One rocket. The CubeSat is one of 10 small satellites NASA will include in its next Educational Launch of
Cal Poly satellite will launch into space in NASA mission. What will the CubeSat do? [The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)]
Jan. 12 A Cal Poly satellite approximately the size of a loaf of bread will launch into space Wednesday if all goes to plan, the university announced Monday.
ExoCube 2 is a CubeSat device, a nanosatellite that was built over several years by a group of 50 Cal Poly students.
The ExoCube 2 will be launched between 7 to 10 a.m. Wednesday alongside nine other tiny, NASA-sponsored satellites on the space agency’s next Educational Launch of Nanosatellites mission, or ELaNa for short. ELaNa is an initiative created by NASA that intends to attract and retain students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines.