Virgin Makes Ready for Fifth Go
Virgin Orbit, one of the companies within Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, is making ready to launch its somewhat prosaically named, LaunchOne Rocket. The mission, which will be the vehicle’s fifth, will carry payloads for the United States Space Force’s STP-S28A undertaking, and the United States Department of Defense’s Space Test Program. Exactly what Space Force and the DOD are up to is anybody’s guess—insomuch as the public receives scant information about classified government orbital payloads.
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