The Virgin Orbit's "Straight Up" mission, the "Cosmic Girl" aircraft took off from the Mojave Air and Spaceport in California, on July 2, 2022, at 05:49 UTC (July 1, 2022 at 22:49 PST). "Cosmic Girl" traveled off the Pacific coast to about 9.6 km (31500ft) in altitude, then released the LauncherOne rocket that launched seven satellites for the U.S. Space Force's STP-S28A mission, at 06:53 UTC that launch to orbit on July 2, 2022 (July 1, 2022 at 23:53 PST).

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