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Virgin Orbit performed a drop test of a LauncherOne test article on 2019-07-10.
As of 2019-10-24 at the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Virgin Orbit anticipated completing the maiden flight of its normal two-stage LauncherOne in that year.
OneWeb procured 39 LauncherOne missions from Virgin Orbit in 2015 but canceled all but four of those missions in 2018, prompting a lawsuit from Virgin Orbit.
VOX Space will launch STP-27VP from Guam on a LauncherOne rocket deployed from a Boeing 747 in 2020.
Virgin Orbit performed a taxi test of its Boeing 747 aircraft with a fully-fueled LauncherOne rocket attached to its wing in early March 2020.
Virgin Orbit completed a captive carry test flight of its LauncherOne system on 2020-04-12.
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne system is delivered to launch sites by a Boeing 747 aircraft modified to carry the LauncherOne rocket under its left wing.
Virgin Orbit’s modified Boeing 747 aircraft with a LauncherOne rocket attached to its left wing took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California at 2:23 p.m. Eastern.
Virgin Galactic spun out the LauncherOne project into a separate company, Virgin Orbit, in March 2017 based in Long Beach, California.
Virgin Orbit will make the first flight of its LauncherOne air-launched vehicle as soon as 2020-05-24.
Virgin Galactic acquired a Boeing 747 from Virgin Atlantic in 2015 to serve as the LauncherOne carrier aircraft and the name "Cosmic Girl" dates back to the aircraft’s use by the airline.
Virgin Orbit asked OneWeb’s bankruptcy court to require OneWeb to pay $46,300,000 as a contract termination fee for 35 LauncherOne missions canceled in 2018.
ExoTerra Resources, a Colorado startup, received a NASA Small Business Innovation Research contract on 2020-10-05 to develop a solar electric upper stage to boost small satellites launched on Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne beyond low Earth orbit.
NASA awarded a contract for the LauncherOne mission in 2015 as part of its Venture Class Launch Services program.
No orbital-class, air-launched, liquid-fueled rocket had successfully reached space prior to Virgin Orbit’s 2021-01-17 mission.
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket reached orbit on its second flight on 2021-01-17.
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket reached space during the company’s second launch demonstration on 2021-01-17.
The 2021-01-17 LauncherOne mission successfully deployed 10 payloads for NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP).
The payloads onboard LauncherOne for the 2021-01-17 mission were selected by NASA’s Launch Services Program as part of the CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI).
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne successfully demonstrated orbital launch on the Launch Demo 2 mission on 2021-01-17, placing 10 cubesats into orbit on a NASA-funded launch.