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Virgin Orbit planned to perform five to six more launches in 2022 after the Above the Clouds mission.
SatRevolution is developing a smallsat constellation of imaging satellites and has launched some satellites on Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne.
Virgin Orbit planned a launch from Spaceport Cornwall in England in mid-2022.
Hypersat used Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket plane to launch six hyperspectral satellites.
Virgin Orbit acquired a 17.5 percent stake in hyperspectral Earth-imaging company Hypersat.
Virgin Orbit is a US-based responsive launch and space solutions company that has a planned business combination with NextGen Acquisition Corp. II.
SatRevolution and Virgin Orbit established a strategic partnership in June to develop business applications for the use of nanosatellites.
SatRevolution and Virgin Orbit plan to jointly offer up to 500 kg of hosted payload services on LauncherOne rockets.
SatRevolution has launched two satellites with Virgin Orbit as part of the LauncherOne Tubular Bells: Part One mission.
Virgin Orbit added Spire’s ADLER-1 to the Above the Clouds mission manifest on 2021-12-09.
The merger announced 2021-08-23 would take Virgin Orbit public on the Nasdaq and raise up to $483,000,000 to fund the company’s expansion.
Virgin Orbit completed back-to-back flawless launches prior to preparing the LauncherOne mission Above the Clouds.
Astroscale and Virgin Orbit entered a partnership on 2024-11-17 to examine cooperation in space sustainability, including the potential to launch as many as 10 Astroscale missions on Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne over the next decade and to study a future joint satellite servicing mission.
If Virgin Orbit completes its planned December mission, the company will have completed three launches in 2021.
Virgin Orbit projects that more than 40% of the company’s business by 2026 will be in national security and defense.
Virgin Orbit is seeking to reduce the production cycle for a LauncherOne rocket from one year to six months.
Virgin Orbit positions its air-launched LauncherOne capability as able to provide responsive launch services on short notice if satellites are rendered incapable or attacked.
Virgin Orbit launches small satellites from rockets that deploy from a Boeing 747 aircraft.
Virgin Orbit plans to buy a second carrier aircraft next year to supplement its current Boeing 747 nicknamed Cosmic Girl.
Boeing has made an investment in Virgin Orbit.