LauncherOne From Virgin Galactic To Carry Small Satellites Into Orbit [Video]

Virgin Galactic's founder Sir Richard Branson, whose ambitious aim is to provide sub-orbital spaceflights to tourists at the lowest possible prices, has announced the LauncherOne, an air-launched rocket  that will deliver small satellites into orbit. The small, inexpensive but smarter satellites are now capable of achieving so much more with so less, but cannot become fully effective without a launch vehicle optimized to their needs. Here's when LauncherOne comes into picture.

LauncherOne rocket will be launched from Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo aircraft. It breaks open a lot of possibilites for small-scale satellite researchers and brings forth opportunities in the educational sector. Sir Richard Branson has also revealed that the company has accepted deposits for suborbital flights on SpaceShipTwo from 529 future astronauts. That count is  greater than the total count of people who have been to space throughout human history.

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