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Virgin Orbit Completes Successful Captive Carry Test Flight With “Flying Launchpad”

VICTORVILLE, California, November 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — This Sunday, a new sight appeared in the baby-blue skies over Southern California: A specially modified 747-400 carrying a 70-foot-long rocket under its wing soared through the air as part of a successful test flight for Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne. Sir Richard Branson’s small satellite launch company completed a flawless test flight, proving that its carbon-fiber two-stage rocket works…