Virgin Orbit Upper Stage Fails to Deliver to Orbit
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#67PER)
Virgin Orbit's 70-foot-long (21 meters) LauncherOne rocket upper stage failed in a launch of nine satellites. Virgin Orbit developed very similar technology to the Pegasus under wing launched rocket from Northrop Grumman. Carrying the rocket on the large plane was fine ane the first stage was fine and the second and final stage did its ...