VOX Space was a US-incorporated subsidiary of Virgin Orbit that provided launch services for the US military, specifically for small satellites destined for low Earth orbit. It utilized Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne air-launch system. The company was awarded contracts by the US Space Force and partnered with the Defense Innovation Unit. However, VOX Space ceased operations after Virgin Orbit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2023.
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STP-27VP was awarded to VOX Space under the Rapid Agile Launch Initiative (RALI), a $25,000,000 congressional add-on appropriated in 2017 and 2018 for the Space Test Program and the Defense Innovation Unit.
VOX Space will launch STP-27VP from Guam on a LauncherOne rocket deployed from a Boeing 747 in 2020.
Eight vendors—SpaceX, Xbow Launch Systems, Northrop Grumman, Firefly Aerospace, United Launch Alliance, Aevum, VOX Space, and Rocket Lab—were selected to compete for OSP-4 missions to launch small and medium payloads over 180 kg.
Vox Space will use Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne air-launched rocket, released from a Boeing 747 mothership, for a planned launch later in 2019.
Vox Space is the U.S.-incorporated subsidiary of Virgin Orbit that is developing the LauncherOne air-launch system.
Vox Space will conduct one of the five launches using Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket, which is air-launched from a Boeing 747 mothership.
Virgin Orbit created a subsidiary, Vox Space, specifically to work with the U.S. government.