Virgin Orbit 'Cosmic Girl' B747 Launcher One Cornwall Flight January 9 2023. Flight plan recreates the January 9 2023 flight of B747 Virgin Orbit launcher one from Cornwall UK to launch satellites into space south of Ireland.

NK67 FL102 Virgin Orbit EGHQ. 

This is an approximate flight plan for the Virgin Orbit Launcher One flight from the Cornwall Space Centre departing and arrving at RAF St. Mawgan EGHQ on January 9 2023. The flight departs and returns to RAF St Mawgan now Cornwall Airport Newquay EGHQ home of Spaceport Cornwall. Cosmic Girl began life as a Boeing 747-400 built in 2001. From 2001-2015 flew with Virgin Atlantic registered as GVWOW, 2015-2017 with Virgin Galactic, 2017-2023+ with Virgin Orbit. Cosmic Girl is now registered N744VG based out of Long Beach Airport California. Launcher One is a a two stage orbital launch vehicle designed to be launched from the wing of a B747 (Cosmic Girl). The vehicle is 22m long, 2m wide with a mass of 30 tons The rocket is 'designed to launch a 300 kg (660 lb) payload to a 500 km (310 mi) Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO).' Real world Virgin Orbit Jan 9 flight information. Flight time 112 minutes (2 hours), average altitude 9150m at 620 km/h fastest 1020 km/h, highest 11000m. Distance 1274 km (688nm). (Source flightaware).

Depart EGHQ St Mawgan runway 30 2737m 345ft asl.
Destination EGHQ St Mawgan runway 30 2737m 345ft asl.

Route is approximately 830 nautical miles, 2 hours in development Salty B747. IFR Cruise Altitude 30,000 ft asl. The VFR flight plan 16500ft asl. To follow flight plan aircraft must depart runway 30, arrive runway 30 EGHQ. Feel free to fly in any aircraft or altitude of your choice.

Please read over enclosed document titled: FL102 Virgin Orbit EGHQ flight info.rtf

Folder Contents: 3 screenshots of real world flight path, 5 real world Cosmic Girl B747 screenshorts, 1 insim B747 screenshot, 13 screenshots of flight plan, EGHQ airport chart pdf, EGHQ ILS 30 chart, 1 document, 1 IFR lnmpln, 1 IFR msfs pln, 1 VFR msfs pln.

Please store folder where ever you store your flight plans outsitde of msfs program files and community files.

Thank you and enjoy your flight. Don't forget to fly with friends.

Nighthawk1867 [January 21 2023]