Virgin Orbit Aiming For Mars

On October 9th 2019, Virgin Orbit announced that it would soon be launching its first satellite into orbit in November of 2019.The bulk of Virgin Orbit's business will involve lifting satellites into low Earth orbit. The ultimate goal of the Virgin Galactic sibling is to send cubesats to Mars by the year 2022. The company plans to use an air launch rocket called LauncherOne, which will be attached to a modified 747 known as Comic Girl.