The American company Virgin Orbit brought seven Cubesat satellites for three customers to the near-earth orbit, Spacenews reports.
As a useful load of the rocket, the spacecraft of the Pentagon, as well as the Polish satellites (SatRevolution) and American (SPIRE) of companies, was displayed.
For the launch of spacecraft, a two-stage launcherone missile, started with a carrier aircraft Boeing 747. He took off from a spaceport in Mojave Desert (California). The separation of the rocket from the aircraft occurred at an altitude of about ten kilometers. This start became the third successful for Launcherone.
In total, in 2022, Virgin Orbit planned to spend six launches of the device, including two from the UK.
The first successful start of the air start missile took place in January 2021. Then nine Cubesat satellites were derived to the orbit.