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Virgin Orbit’s Boeing 747 aircraft serves as the air-launch platform for the LauncherOne rocket.
Virgin Orbit plans to perform at least one more LauncherOne mission 2021, also flying out of Mojave Air and Space Port.
Virgin Orbit signed a memorandum of understanding with SatRevolution that could lead to launch contracts for hundreds of satellites through 2026.
Virgin Orbit’s Boeing 747 is scheduled to take off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California between 9 and 11 a.m. Eastern on 2021-06-30, with release of the LauncherOne rocket about one hour after takeoff.
Virgin Orbit was in advanced talks with NextGen Acquisition II, a special purpose acquisition corporation, for a merger intended to raise several hundred million dollars and take Virgin Orbit public with a valuation of about $3,000,000,000.
Virgin Orbit’s initial LauncherOne launch attempt in May 2020 failed to reach orbit when a propellant line ruptured seconds after main engine ignition.
Virgin Orbit plans to ramp up launch activity in 2022 and operate from several airports in the United States and Great Britain.
Virgin Orbit implemented very minor hardware changes based on review of data from the January launch, including adjustments to flight controls and optimization of propellant management during the coast phase after reaching orbit.
Virgin Orbit will achieve the United Kingdom’s first sovereign orbital launch from Spaceport Cornwall in 2022.
Tony Gingiss is the COO of Virgin Orbit.
Arqit expects the first FQS satellites to be launched on Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne from Newquay in Cornwall in 2023 after the launch of the first commercial Arqit satellites.
Virgin Orbit’s role in Arqit’s plan includes providing responsive launch services for government customers from multiple locations.
Arqit is arranging for Virgin Orbit to launch the first Federated Quantum System satellites from the U.K. in 2023.
Heritage Group, Virgin Orbit, and Sumitomo Corporation have agreed to invest in the PIPE offering.
Virgin Orbit is in talks about additional launches that could operate from Spaceport Cornwall, where Virgin Orbit will start operations in 2022.
Virgin Orbit invested $5,000,000 in Arqit’s SPAC deal.
On 2021-04-28, Virgin Orbit was selected by the Brazilian government as one of four commercial launch operators to use the Alcântara Launch Center alongside C6 Launch, Hyperion, and Orion AST.
On 2021-04-21, Virgin Orbit signed QinetiQ and HyperSat as a customer to launch a constellation of six hyperspectral satellites.
Virgin Orbit will launch the first hyperspectral satellite for QinetiQ and HyperSat on a LauncherOne rocket in 2023.
On 2021-05-03, Virgin Orbit selected AVS Added Value Solutions to build the ground support equipment needed to support LauncherOne missions from Spaceport Cornwall (Cornwall Airport Newquay).