Virgin Orbit plans to explore Mars by sending CubeSats

Virgin Orbit plans to deploy CubeSats towards Mars. Right now, the company is the first to propose to pull something of this scale. And to make that happen, Virgin Orbit has partnered up with SatRevolution, a Polish satellite company and a bunch of Polish universities. The plans indicate the launch of CubeSats as early as 2022. https://twitter.com/Virgin_Orbit/status/1149056179256954880 Inspired by the attempts of NASA’s InSight mission, which successfully sent 2 CubeSats to Mars, Virgin Orbit is a corporate spin-off hailing from the company known as Virgin, yep, Richard Branson’s company. The company said on its Twitter account, “The potential for small … Continue reading Virgin Orbit plans to explore Mars by sending CubeSats