Launch day, this hot June 30th. Looking forward to tonight, when SpaceX will prove & agrave; to send almost a hundred devices into orbit between satellites (Starlink) and microsatellites, we can enjoy the show that it will offer us; in a few minutes Virgin Orbit , which in space will send; instead different material provided by the US Department of Defense Space Test Program, the Royal Netherlands Air Force and SatRevolution , company & agrave; Polish with which Virgin has entered into an agreement for the putting into orbit of its & quot; Constellation of the constellations & quot ;. The first two STORK satellites will be present inside the LauncherOne rocket which – except for last minute problems – will start from Mojave Air and Space Port at 15:00 Italian time ( updated time: 15:50 ) . Today's launch window will close. two hours later, at 5pm.
The constellation will be; formed by hundreds of satellites, and launches will continue until 2026 , in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding. In addition to the STORKs, other constellations will also be sent for IoT and for applications for synthetic aperture radar (SAR).
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Virgin Orbit flies on the wings of the & Enthusiasm after the success of the Launch Demo 2 mission last January: on that occasion some CubeSat satellites and some NASA material were brought into orbit. Even today we will be able to appreciate the modified Boeing 747-400 take off and bring Launcher One up to over 10,000 meters in height : once released, the rocket will ignite; the engines until they reach Earth's orbit.
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