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Old November 20th 18, 05:49 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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Default Virgin Orbit flies its rocket into the skies for the first time - Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket 2.jpg ...
"Miloch" wrote in message news
more at
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018...he-first-time/

Some people have short memories.

Airdrop-to-orbit has been around for decades:

http://www.northropgrumman.com/Capab...s/default.aspx

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