LauncherOne Family rocket variant.
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GomSpace purchased a LauncherOne launch from Virgin Orbit to deploy several nanosatellites into a low-inclination orbit in early 2019.
Virgin Orbit planned to attach the pylon that holds LauncherOne to the Boeing 747’s left wing in the next few days from 2018-06-27.
The FAA issued the license on 2018-06-29 for the first launch of the air-launch system using the LauncherOne rocket flown from a customized Boeing 747 that takes off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California.
Spaceflight signed a memorandum of understanding with Virgin Orbit on 2018-06-25 for one flight of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne air-launch system in 2019.
An agreement to be signed 2018-07-16 could enable LauncherOne missions to fly from Spaceport Cornwall by 2021.
On 2018-07-06, Virgin Orbit signed a memorandum of understanding with Italian company Sitael that could lead to LauncherOne missions from Taranto-Grottaglie Airport in southern Italy despite no timetable being set.
Virgin Orbit plans to begin LauncherOne launches later 2018 from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California.
Virgin Orbit signed an agreement with officials from Cornwall on 2018-07-16 to enable LauncherOne missions flown out of Cornwall Airport Newquay (Spaceport Cornwall).
Virgin Orbit projected the first orbital flight of LauncherOne to take place in early 2019 with multiple trips to orbit planned in the year ahead.
Virgin Orbit is developing a vehicle called LauncherOne that will be air-launched from a modified Boeing 747 aircraft.
Virgin Orbit developed a vehicle called LauncherOne that is air-launched from a modified Boeing 747 aircraft.
Virgin Orbit developed the LauncherOne satellite launch vehicle that is deployed from a Boeing 747 aircraft.
OneWeb anticipated launching around 150 satellites in 2019 using four or five Soyuz rockets and potentially Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne.
Exolaunch signed a memorandum of understanding with Virgin Orbit on 2019-04-11 to send satellites into space as early as 2020 on LauncherOne dedicated and rideshare missions.
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne is designed to send payloads of up to 500 kg into orbit from rockets air-launched from a 747 carrier aircraft.
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne development was in its final phase and required a few captive carry flights of a modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft before first orbital launch as of May 2019.
The U.K. Space Agency and Cornwall Council are providing up to £20 million to fund development of facilities and operational capabilities at Cornwall Airport Newquay to allow Virgin Orbit to carry out launches using its LauncherOne system.
OneWeb agreed in 2015 to pay Virgin Orbit $234 million, or $6,000,000 per launch, to loft its satellites one or two at a time using Virgin Orbit’s air-launched LauncherOne vehicle.
Vox Space will use Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne air-launched rocket, released from a Boeing 747 mothership, for a planned launch later in 2019.
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne is designed to launch 300 kg to a 500-kilometer orbit.