Meet the women that help Virgin Orbit launch satellites

To celebrate some of the women who work for Virgin Orbit, the team created a video to highlight the roles that they perform. Women are traditionally underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, but Virgin Orbit is working hard to make sure that it achieves gender equality. Madison Telles, systems engineer at Virgin Orbit, said, “our first operational launch was really, really special to be a part of because I think it's the next step forward as the industry recognizes the value of diversity in their workplace… also now being at 50% representation it's really great to not be the only woman in the room.”

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