¿Sabíeven though there is a Boeing 747 what «shoot» satélites? Today we tell you the missionóVirgin Orbit No.. Virgin Orbit press photo
the aviationón isá Full of curious facts and topics that you may not have known about.íamos, but today we will talk about a clásico aeronáutico the Boeing 747-400 that was given a second life to launch satélites into space for different clients.
It is Boeing 747 operates from Mojave, the great desert that surely they have oríonce for being a great airplane graveyard, but that alsoéIt is the basis of several development and technology projects.ía, like the one we are going to meet todayás.
the boeing 747 launch satélites de Virgin Orbit
Virgin Orbit operates one of the world's largest space launch systems.ás flexible and receptive jamás built. Founded by Sir Richard Branson on 2017, the compañíit startedó commercial service in 2021 and has already put in órbita setécommercial lites, civilians, national security and international.
The exclusive launch padéVirgin Orbit inmate releases sat customersésmall litesñof fixed land infrastructure, traffic jamsáfico en los campos de lanzamiento y las condiciones climáticas desfavorables. Cosmic Girl takes the LauncherOne rocket to an altitude of approximately 35,000 pies antes de su lanzamiento para su vuelo a órbita propulsado por cohetes. the grandfatherón 747-400 tiene muchos atributos que contribuyen al viaje dedicado ideal para satésmall litesños: la gran y robusta capacidad de transporte de cohetes del avión, operational flexibility, the long range, the ability to operate in many types of weather and Virgin's existing B747 experience, maintenance and spare parts supply chains.
Los cohetes LauncherOne de Virgin Orbit están designñados y fabricados en Long Beach, California, y se lanzan desde el aire desde un avión de transporte Boeing 747-400 modified allowing Virgin Orbit to operate from locations around the world to better meet the needs of each customer.
The más reciente misión
Were 7 satélites que en un solo lanzamiento fueron exitosamente desplazados hacia el espacio durante la misión «Above the Clouds».
Debido al exclusivo sistema de lanzamiento aéreo que ha desarrollado Virgin Orbit, la misión Above the Clouds se lanzó in a órbita nunca antes accesible directamente desde la costa oeste de las Américh. Instead of launching from a fixed platform on the ground, Virgin Orbit launches from under the wing of an airplaneón Boeing 747 modified, and when the plane fliesón más far over the océagain, the compañía was able to launch on a trajectory with no ground launch ever done before.
That direct launch into the ósaving orbitó to the satéelites on board this missionón months of time and kilograms of combustible.
The truth is that the second life they have given to this one is very nice. 747, It is very interesting how they adapted it for these missions, I hope they keep this plane for many more years.. Good post, very interesting, I never thought they would launch satellites this way, very interesting.
It's really interesting, that's why I wrote the post, it is unique.