#rocket

Virgin Orbit air launch to orbit system - HPR model

Baby was Japan’s first two-stage rocket to demonstrate flight stability, telemetry, and payload recovery in 1955. It laid the foundation for the country’s space programme.

Japan's first large post-war sounding rocket family, developed at the Institute of Industrial Science (IIS) of the University of Tokyo, and tested at a new beach launch site in Michikawa, Akita Prefecture

The AIM-54 Phoenix is a long-range air-to-air missile developed by the United States during the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was primarily designed for use with the U.S. Navy's F-14 Tomcat.

An extremely successful sounding rocket

It became one of those projects that I really connected with and poured a lot of myself into. I'm really proud of the result and get great satisfaction seeing it on the shelf.

There was a great amount of excitement for the first orbital launch from the UK. and I was really taken by the aesthetics of the Launcher One. I decided to build a scale model, and here we are.