Virgin Galactic LauncherOne

Virgin Atlantic released this promotional video for their new satellite launch system, The Galactic Launcher One. The idea is to use aircraft based launches to significantly reduce the cost of putting 500 lbs. payloads into orbit. The claim is that this system is cheap enough to open space to individual businesses, organizations or even universities.

 

This is WhiteKnightTwo and LauncherOne demonstrating the air launch concept.

Source: Virgin Galactic via Gizmodo