Wata rana, Virgin Orbit ta sanar da cewa wurin gwajin na farko tauraron dan adam daga jirgin sama Filin jirgin saman Oita a Japan (Tsibirin Koshu). Wannan na iya zama abin takaici ga gwamnatin Burtaniya, wacce ke saka hannun jari a aikin tare da fatan samar da tsarin harba tauraron dan adam na kasa da ke a filin jirgin sama na Cornwall.
An zaɓi filin jirgin sama a Oita da Virgin Orbit da ido don ƙirƙirar cibiyar harba iska ta tauraron dan adam (microsatellite) a kudu maso gabashin Asiya. Babu shakka za a sami ƙarin kuɗi a can fiye da "kyakkyawan tsohuwar Ingila". A lokaci guda kuma, tsarin "harba iska" yana nuna sassaucin tsari zuwa wurin harba tauraron dan adam, tunda harba kushin a cikin nau'in jirgin saman Boeing 747-400 "Cosmic Girl" da aka gyara ana iya canza shi zuwa kusan kowane wuri a duniya. .
Abokan hulɗar Virgin Orbit a filin jirgin sama na Oita za su kasance kamfanoni na gida masu alaƙa da ANA Holdings da Ƙungiyar Space Port Japan. Ana sa ran cewa haɗin gwiwar zai haifar da fitowar tsarin da aka haɗa tare da sabis na sufurin jiragen sama, wanda zai haifar da sababbin kasuwanni masu dangantaka da fadada bukatar microsatellites. Da alama ba da daɗewa ba kowane kamfani mai daraja kansa ba zai iya rayuwa ba tare da abokinsa ba.
Dangane da farkon ƙaddamar da motar ƙaddamar da LauncherOne daga Boeing 747-400, ana sa ran a cikin 2022. A halin yanzu, kamar yadda kamfanin ya ba da rahoton, "aikin yana kan wani ci gaba na gwaji, kuma ana sa ran ƙaddamar da zagaye na farko a nan gaba."
Jirgin Boeing 747-400 "Cosmic Girl" dole ne ya ɗaga roka na LauncherOne mai tsawon mita 21 tare da nauyin kaya a kan jirgin zuwa tsayin sama da kilomita 9, bayan haka roka zai rabu, ya fara injin nasa ya shiga sararin samaniya. Wannan tsari ya yi alkawarin rage farashin harba kananan tauraron dan adam zuwa sararin samaniya.
source: 3dnews.ru