{"id":1589857,"date":"2020-05-26T04:53:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T02:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=1589857"},"modified":"2020-05-26T05:10:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T03:10:00","slug":"virgin-orbit-says-air-launched-rocket-tests-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/fr\/2020\/05\/virgin-orbit-says-air-launched-rocket-tests-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Orbit Says Air-Launched Rocket Tests Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Virgin Orbit company said the tests of the air-launched LauncherOne carrier rocket had failed.<\/b>
\nWe’ve confirmed a clean release from the aircraft. However, the mission terminated shortly into the flight. Cosmic Girl and our flight crew are safe and returning to base.
The California-based satellite launch company said in a press release that LauncherOne rocket successfully lighted its booster engine on cue \u2014 the first time the company had attempted an in-air ignition.
According to the Virgin Orbit, its next rocket is in the final stages of integration at the Long Beach manufacturing facility, with a half-dozen other rockets for subsequent missions not far behind.
The Cosmic Girl aircraft is a modified Boeing 747-400 aircraft powered by four GE CF6 jet engines and used as the first stage launch platform for the air-launch stage of smallsat orbital launch vehicles.<\/p>\n