Virgin Orbit engineers are analyzing data to find out what caused the maiden flight of the company's air-launched satellite booster to fail.
A Virgin Orbit Boeing 747-400 aircraft named Cosmic Girl takes off from Mojave Air and Space Port in the desert north of Los Angeles Monday, May 25, 2020. Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit failed Monday in its first test launch of a new rocket carried aloft by the Boeing 747 and released over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California.
The launch was not terminated by the autonomous flight safety system, which would have been triggered if the rocket left its flight corridor, said Kendall Russell, Virgin Orbit’s spokesman. Virgin Orbit, founded by billionaire Richard Branson, is among several new companies developing rockets specifically for launching small satellites.
According to Virgin Orbit, LauncherOne’s computer takes control a few minutes before the final countdown and a maneuver in which the jet pitches up steeply and releases the rocket at an altitude of about 35,000 feet . The jet banks away and the rocket falls for a few seconds before ignition.
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