Virgin Orbit sib sau ua ke ntawm 747 lub dav hlau kom tso ntau lub foob pob hluav taws

Nkauj Orbit xwb tab tom sib sau ua ke ib lub dav hlau hloov kho 747 lub dav hlau, lub tuam txhab tshaj tawm hnub Tuesday, xaj ob lub dav hlau hloov kho tshiab los pab xa cov foob pob hluav taws ntau ntxiv rau hauv qhov chaw.

Lub tuam txhab tau txais ob lub airframes ntxiv los ntawm L3Harris ua, uas yuav hloov kho cov dav hlau nqa thiab tso Virgin Orbit lub foob pob hluav taws. Virgin cia siab tias yuav xa thawj lub dav hlau rau xyoo tom ntej.

Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart tau hais tias lub sijhawm xa khoom ntawm lub dav hlau thib ob yuav "tsav ntau dua los ntawm kev xav tau ntawm kev lag luam" rau kev xa tawm. Nws tau hais tias qhov kev pom zoo "ua rau peb tawm ntawm ob peb txoj hauv kev," nws hais. "Nws tshem tawm ib qho ntawm qhov tseem ceeb chokepoints uas peb muaj nyob rau hauv lub kaw lus," Hart hais rau CNBC.

Nws kuj tseem yuav pab kom lub tuam txhab txuas ntxiv mus nyob rau hauv rooj plaub ntawm ib qho ntawm lawv lub dav hlau tab tom kho, uas yuav qhib "txhua yam kev muaj peev xwm los txhawb cov neeg siv khoom sib txawv hauv ntau qhov chaw," nws hais ntxiv.

Virgin Orbit muaj ib lub dav hlau, ib qho kev kho Boeing 747-400 hu ua "Cosmic Girl," uas tau ya plaub lub luag haujlwm ntawm Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne foob pob hluav taws rau hnub tim. Los ntawm ib txoj kev hu ua huab cua tso tawm, lub tuam txhab lub dav hlau nqa nws cov foob pob hluav taws mus txog 45,000 ko taw ntawm qhov siab thiab poob lawv ua ntej lawv tua lawv lub cav thiab nrawm rau hauv qhov chaw - ib txoj hauv kev uas lub tuam txhab touts hloov pauv ntau dua li hauv av.

Hart tsis kam qhia txog cov ntsiab lus nyiaj txiag ntawm kev cog lus nrog L3Harris, tab sis tau sau tseg tias tus nqi ua ntej ntawm 747 airframe yog nyob rau hauv "ib lab tus lej."

Virgin Orbit's 747s tshiab tseem yuav nthuav tawm qhov kev txhim kho, nrog L3Harris hloov kho lub dav hlau nqa mus txog ob lub foob pob hluav taws LauncherOne, nrog rau tag nrho cov tuam txhab cov cuab yeej siv hauv av, mus rau qhov chaw tso tawm.

"Lub peev xwm los xa ob lub foob pob hluav taws thiab tag nrho cov cuab yeej hauv av hauv ib lub dav hlau, ya mus rau qhov chaw, teeb tsa, thiab tam sim ntawd koj tau txais lub hauv paus pib qhov chaw yog qhov tshwj xeeb zoo nkauj," Hart hais. "Nws ntxiv qee qhov kev tsis txaus ntseeg rau lub teb chaws kev ruaj ntseg zej zog [thiab] nws yog kev lag luam zoo dua rau cov chaw nres nkoj."

Virgin Orbit mus rau pej xeem ntawm SPAC thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis. Lub tuam txhab cov khoom lag luam tau poob txog 44% los ntawm nws qhov debut txij li hnub Monday kaw ntawm $ 4.51 ib feem.

Virgin Orbit lub hom phiaj tom ntej yog rau Pentagon. Nws yuav nqa xya tsoom fwv satellites, npaj rau tsis pub dhau lub Rau Hli 29.

Tom ntej no, lub tuam txhab cia siab tias yuav ya nws thawj lub hom phiaj thoob ntiaj teb, pib los ntawm Cornwall hauv tebchaws United Kingdom. Txhawm rau npaj rau lub hom phiaj ntawd, uas tau npaj rau lub quarter thib peb ntawm lub xyoo, Hart tau hais tias lub tuam txhab yuav ua tiav kev hnav khaub ncaws ntub dej ntawm Cornwall foob pob hluav taws ntawm lub tuam txhab tam sim no lub hauv paus ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm Mojave Air thiab Chaw nres nkoj hauv California, ua ntej ya. Cosmic Ntxhais thiab xa tawm nws cov khoom siv mus rau UK

Ntxiv ntau lub dav hlau muab Virgin Orbit qhov yooj yim rau kev pabcuam thoob ntiaj teb. Sab nraum Teb Chaws Asmeskas, lub tuam txhab tam sim no tau tshaj tawm cov ntawv cog lus nrog UK, Nyiv thiab Brazil, nrog rau cov ntawv sau nkag siab nrog Poland thiab Oman.

Hart tau hais tias "Peb tab tom muaj kev sib tham nrog rau qhov kev txiav txim ntawm ib nrab ntawm kaum ob lub teb chaws ib yam nkaus," Hart hais.

Virgin Orbit tseem tab tom saib tsoomfwv uas muaj 747 lub dav hlau lawv tus kheej, nrog rau lub tuam txhab muab kev pabcuam xa tawm rau lub tebchaws. Hart tau hais tias "Qhov ntawd yog qhov kev lag luam zoo tshaj plaws vim tias tus Tsov tus tw logistics yog qhov yooj yim zoo nkauj, thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov peb yuav mus," Hart hais.