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A unique approach to space flight with SpaceX, Virgin Orbit – Inverse
In this episode of ‘The Abstract’, we discuss how SpaceX and Virgin Orbit are shaking up the small satellites industry.
In whats becoming a crowded race
, private space companies are looking to the skies armed with innovative approaches to spaceflight.
In a leap toward affordable flights, SpaceX’s ridesharing program now lets satellite operators catch Uber-like rides on a Falcon 9 rocket. And while most space rockets take off from a stationary launch pad, Virgin Orbit prefers to attach its rockets to airplanes and send the airplane up first.
Whether its by working to reduce the costs associated with spacefligh…
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