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Virgin Orbit have joined a short list of private companies which have successfully developed and launched an orbit capable rocket. Launcher One is an air launched, cryogenically fueled 2 stage rocket able to carry about 300kilograms to a 500km orbit.
In terms of payload it’s more capable than Rocket Lab’s Electron, but more expensive, and able to operate from an airport so may actually launch satellites from the UK in the future.
Virgin Orbit’s website (in case you need to launch a payload)
https://virginorbit.com/
Here’s Erik’s video of the launch from the beach:
https://twitter.com/erikjfranks/status/1350897831888842752?s=20
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Me: *puts on his Joey voice* “I bet she did!”
The specific impulse was strong and hard. The Virgin was literally shooting hot white blasts after getting help from the Cosmic Girl.
“Cosmic Girl Helps Virgin Get To Space”. I’ll have what he’s having
I love how the Pilots are Just watching the awsome Rocket Launch.
The other thing is they could literally build the payload wherever and then just send Cosmic Girl to pick it up. The more you think about it the more flexible this system is.
“Virgin Reaches Orbit with the help of Cosmic Girl”
that’s a line
Inverted “U” shape… shame we do”n” ‘t have another letter that would fit here…
“Hello, it’s Scott Manly here…” I can just hear the smirk, hehehehe…
Virgin Orbit: Does not want to stream
Staff: Leaks internal stream
Virgin Orbit: Am I a JoKe To YoU??
“Cosmic Girl loses virginity”
Fly safe has a different meaning now, after that title.
Yes, that would be the “fifth pod” hard point.
Imagine having a company that makes a spin off company that has more success than the original company
Kudos for the title, but I have a launch question: Why wouldn’t they ignite the engine before they drop it, to allow it to start thrusting at a higher angle?
Man, look at that space agencies spraying us with “chemtrails” for no reason. Man everyone wants us dead. ;D
Shouldn’t they change their name at this point? No longer a Virgin anymore. So, yeah…
Cosmic Girl. I like that , Sir Richard certainly would never let a cosmic boy touch his rocket. I can’t blame him
“Flying from the mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter”
Let’s say that the loss of orbital virginity was rather explosive and quite speedy shall we say., actually ended up in orbit
You can hear the uncontrollable smile as he starts the video, thinking “I’m saying this, why am I saying this?”
“She’s just a cosmic girl, from another galaxy”
Alternate title ” Virgin rocket is pulled into space via Cosmic Girl”
wow that’s interesting I thought the gimbal region that they show as a polygon would be a circle in any rocket engine that can gimbal, I guess there are things on rockets that physically limit the amount the engine can gimbal
“powerslide through the atmosphere” is the coolest thing I’ve heard today
The title suggests that Scott Manley is really just Johnny Sins on one of his many jobs, probably just waiting for some step-engineer to get stuck in a differential equation
She’s just a cosmic girl
From another galaxy
My heart’s at zero gravity
I laughed a little too hard at that title… I had no idea for Scott’s sense of humor.
Title’s not bad, but I would have gone with “Big Rocket Busts Virgin O’Ring.”
Seems like the only vehicle currently capable of launching into equatorial LEO.
The falcon 9 got into orbit with the help of its first stage. This is the truth
I’m such a rocket nerd I didn’t even realize the joke in the title.
8:18 My first thought was “That poor cat”
Question: When is max q for a rocket launched from an airplane? Edit: just got to the part with the screen I am an early comment andy.
Looked a bit tight at the beginning, fortunately everything smoothed out later on, successfully averted a premature ending. Bravo!!!
I must’ve died and gone to heaven ’cause it was quarter past eleven
On a Tuesday back in 2021. Right across from where I’m standing from her belly she was dangling: It was clear that she was launchin’ Launcher One.
“She’s just a cosmic girl
From another galaxy
My heart’s at zero gravity
She’s from a cosmic world
Putting me in ecstasy
Transmitting on my frequency
She’s cosmic” – Jamiroquai
Anyone else have Jamiroqui in their head right now? Coooooosmic giiiiirl!
I wonder if Noby Noby Boy is still reporting his length to Girl.
For a terrifying second i thought Scott had started posting anime memes!
“lost their orbital virginity” 😂
Cosmic girl helps Virgin launch his payload into space. Fixed that for you.
So, the “Cosmic Girl” took a ride on the Virgin?, I hope it was satisfactory for both. The images that conjures,…
Hey Scott, any chance of doing a
Video on the rules of dropping used rocket stages?
Hey that’s my CubeSat seen on the right inside the fairing!!! Congrats to VO it was an amazing launch to watch.
It’s only January and we already have title of the year
Richard Branson has been trying to do this for 30 years!! Respect his perseverance.
He knew the title before he hit record. You hear that cheaky “hello its Scott Manley”
“I must’ve died and gone to heaven
Cos it was a quarter past eleven
On a Saturday in 1999”
I think it will be in my head every lunch …..
And to think Virgin used to help to develop NES games, like “The Jungle Book”, now they are heading into the space
The title sounds like the description of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl Hentai.
Their launch vehicle is reusable and has a much faster turn-around time.
8:10 does someone has the link for the image on the background, i would love to have it but i can’t find it
The oscillation looks like asymmetric vortex shedding. Pretty common with long tubes at high AoA.
There’s so many jokes with this title… Junior high was so much fun.
10 dislikes? Looks like the Flerfs are out in force!
I never knew Louie Walsh was a pilot in his spare time for Virgin.
I can see the military paying money just for this capability. The ability to quickly launch a small satellite from many locations around the world and with less dependency on weather, would be very useful strategically.
For some reason this video makes me imagine Cosmic Girl being used in a Christopher Nolan movie. “Was getting launched into space from a giant plane part of your plan?”
With that Title… Youtube is just looking at you like the disappointed Indian Guy meme…. Here i am trying not to choke on my iced coffee.
I wish I could be excited by this, but SpaceX is stealing everyone else’s thunder.
Bramson waited years to make that innuendo a reality.
Are we not doing “phrasing” anymore?
This video is so Manley it made me smash back a whole beer and crush the empty can on my forehead.
Could that roll instability be vortex shedding due to angle of attack on a cylindrical body?
Hey Scott. As I can see, they have fixed winglets at the bottom of their rocket. Do you think with movable wings it could help the ascent instead of relying only of the engine gimbal or it would just be too redundant?
For years i wonder when we will see something like this. Congrats, probably the cheapest why on the long run to put small satellites in orbit.
I knew a girl in the 60s nicknamed Cosmic Girl. She was real spacey. But fun!!!
Now, who else is going to make it to orbit before Blue Origin does? No rush, chaps.
“Cosmic girl helps Virgin reach orbit” … I want the sauce
So… More successful than the jumping Dillio… 😂
Congrats to Virgin Orbit!
It was a hard challenge for Virgin but Cosmic Girl helped bring it to a happy ending
Interesting fact: the launch video was made thru a keyhole.
Reads title*
Freaks out thinking there some space juju going on… 👀😂
No matter how confident you are, sending a live payload when you’ve never achieved orbit before is a stupid decision
8:00 I feel like he is talking about SLS without talking about SLS
i wonder why they are afraid of failing publicly, i dont think any of us would make fun of them or think poorly of them.
For those doing the “Being high isnt as important as going sideways” thing, the point of this isnt really adding performance to the rocket. It means that the risk of “a boat has ruined your launch window” is much reduced as they can simply swing back around and try another shot, or they can launch from sites where ground debris is a concern, or they can loiter until the right moment, ect. It has some useful things
Imagine how exciting this must be for the students who worked on those nano satellites. Amazing that space is so much more accessible.
Launcher One: *Whispers softly into Cosmic Girl’s ear* “Voulez vous l’espace avec moi ce soir?”
Virgin galactic just lost their orbital virginity I guess!
Edit: frick Scott made the same joke…
The virgin SLS vs the chad Virgin.
Many interesting hypersonic and fractional orbital weapon systems could come from this.
I’m used to see sexual innuendo in my feed, but they usually don’t lead to a space rocket video.
15 seconds in and we’ve already gone for gold
*_Virgin Reaches Orbit With The Help of Cosmic Girl_*
So how can i get in touch with this “Cosmic Girl”????? Asking for a friend of course….
I’ve been on youtube over a decade. In all that time, this title takes the goddamn cake.
When “Cosmic Girl” was stationed at Long Beach Airport i have a picture of her in the background while i was solo hovering.
It shall now be called “Chad Orbit”
2:27 “first flew in September 2001”
Oh no
R34 artists are going to have a great time with that title
Kind of sad to lose your virginity to such a small rocket.
*_”…lost their orbital virginity…”_* LMAO! Nice one!
Well, got to admit it. That title was kind of hard to ignore.
“Orbital Virginity” LMAO I’M DEAD 💀
*sees title
He definitely knew
I just saw this pop in my notifications and was so confused and until you started to explain.
What a title. Scott had some fun with that one.
That’s a porn title Scott….
THE TITLE LMFAO
They are now Chad Orbit