Article Excerpt: "... put its nine satellites into orbit from its Boeing 747 . Richard Branson's company performed such a feat on Sunday morning, when Cosmic Girl took off from a base from California..."
Article Excerpt: "... Virgin Orbit had planned to use its next rocket for a second demonstration flight but NASA determined the company should proceed with launch of 11 small satellites for the space agency’s CubeSat Launch Initiative. A date for the launch has not been set..."
Article Excerpt: "... full demonstration launch Sunday, May 24, during a four-hour window that begins at 10 a.m. PT, with a backup window on Monday. The plan is for Cosmic Girl to take off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California and release the LauncherOne rocket over the Pacific Ocean. After a few seconds of free fall, the rocket's engine will ignite in midair for the first time and head toward low earth orbit..."