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LauncherOne Rocket Successfully Carries CubeSats Into Orbit

© AP Photo / Matt HartmanVirgin Orbit Boeing 747-400 rocket launch platform, named Cosmic Girl, takes off from Mojave Air and Space Port, Mojave (MHV) on its second orbital launch demonstration in the Mojave Desert, north of Los Angeles.
Virgin Orbit Boeing 747-400 rocket launch platform, named Cosmic Girl, takes off from Mojave Air and Space Port, Mojave (MHV) on its second orbital launch demonstration in the Mojave Desert, north of Los Angeles.  - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A Virgin Orbit LauncherOne carrier rocket has successfully reached orbit as part of a Launch Demo 2 mission, deploying several CubeSats. The latter are part of NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) programme.

"Payloads successfully deployed into our target orbit! We are so, so proud to say that LauncherOne has now completed its first mission to space, carrying 9 CubeSat missions into Low Earth Orbit for our friends @NASA", Virgin Orbit said on Twitter on Sunday.

LauncherOne took off from California's Mojave Air and Space Port (Civilian Aerospace Test Centre) at 10:40 a.m. local time on Sunday (18:40 GMT).

US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Jim Bridenstine congratulated Virgin Orbit on the successful mission via Twitter.

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