Launcher One launches Above the Clouds
For Virgin Orbits Above the Clouds mission, the Cosmic Girl aircraft took off from the Mojave Air and Spaceport in California, on 13 January 2022, at 21:39 UTC (13:39 PST). Cosmic Girl traveled off the Pacific coast to about 9. 6 km (31500ft) in altitude, then released the LauncherOne rocket that launched several small satellites into orbit, at 22:53 UTC (14:53 PST). Credit: Virgin Orbit
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