Virgin Reaches Orbit With The Help of Cosmic Girl

Virgin Orbit have joined a short list of private companies which have successfully developed and launched an orbit capable rocket. Launcher One is an air launched, cryogenically fueled 2 stage rocket able to carry about 300kilograms to a 500km orbit.

In terms of payload it's more capable than Rocket Lab's Electron, but more expensive, and able to operate from an airport so may actually launch satellites from the UK in the future.

Virgin Orbit's website (in case you need to launch a payload)
https://virginorbit.com/

Here's Erik's video of the launch from the beach:
https://twitter.com/erikjfranks/status/1350897831888842752?s=20

Видео Virgin Reaches Orbit With The Help of Cosmic Girl канала Scott Manley