ヴァージン・オービット(Virgin Orbit)社が、ボーイング747-400の改造機(愛称｢Cosmic Girl｣)からロケット｢LauncherOne｣を空中発射し、実際に9つのCubeSat(NASAとの契約)を地球低軌道(Low Earth orbit)へ乗せる事に成功しました。
Payloads successfully deployed into our target orbit! We are so, so proud to say that LauncherOne has now completed its first mission to space, carrying 9 CubeSat missions into Low Earth Orbit for our friends @NASA. #LaunchDemo2
— Virgin Orbit (@Virgin_Orbit) January 17, 2021
Today's sequence of events for #LaunchDemo2 went exactly to plan, from safe execution of our ground ops all the way through successful full duration burns on both engines. To say we're thrilled would be a massive understatement, but 240 characters couldn't do it justice anyway. pic.twitter.com/ZKpoi7hkGN
— Virgin Orbit (@Virgin_Orbit) January 18, 2021
