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Rocket Plane Build Aims For High Speed Flight
and likes flying fast. After reaching a speed of 114 miles an hour with an RC plane, he wanted to go further and break that record. To do so, he looked towards rocket power, and started a new build.
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Virgin Orbit will soon use its modified Boeing 747 to launch satellites into orbit using a rocket strapped to the wing — here's how it works
Sir Richard Branson's space company, Virgin Orbit, just completed its final developmental test with its Boeing 747-400 jet turned satellite launcher ... its full rocket-and-airplane launch system ...