All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
The transportable nature of Virgin Orbit’s launch system allows the company to deploy to Alcântara for a launch campaign and then return the system to other facilities without requiring additional construction beyond the airbase.
The Virgin Orbit mission will place the STORK satellites and SEZ into a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 400 km to 500 km.
STORK-4 and STORK-5 are scheduled to launch no earlier than June 2021 on Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket.
Under Michael Brown, the Defense Innovation Unit supported emerging space launch companies Rocket Lab, Virgin Orbit, and Relativity Space and selected those companies to launch experimental Department of Defense payloads.
Q-PACE launched on 2021-01-17 as part of the Launch Demo 2 mission by Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne.
NASA eliminated Virgin Orbit because its original bid did not fall within the agency’s established competitive range and Virgin Orbit was the only bidder not asked to provide an updated proposal due 2021-02-05.
SatRevolution contracted Virgin Orbit to launch STORK-4 and STORK-5 (nicknamed MARTA) as the first pair of smallsats in its 14-satellite STORK constellation.
Virgin Orbit’s Launch Demo 2 on 2021-01-17 was the company’s first successful launch.
Virgin Orbit successfully placed ten satellites into their designated orbits during the launch.
Virgin Orbit is capable of launching rockets from 747 aircraft.
Dan Hart is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Virgin Orbit.
Virgin Orbit planned a launch from Cornwall Airport Newquay (Spaceport Cornwall) in England in 2022.
Virgin Orbit is evaluating expansion into adjacent markets including supporting ventures developing satellite systems following the success of Launch Demo 2.
Virgin Orbit is working with the U.S., British, Canadian, and French Air Forces to provide rapid satellite replacement capabilities.
Virgin Orbit's next milestone is a test flight on Valentine's Day.
Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit are separate entities within the Virgin Group.
Virgin Orbit has taken a stake in the satellite communications company Sky & Space Global.
Dan Hart previously spent 34 years at Boeing before joining Virgin Orbit.
The first launch of Virgin Orbit from Cornwall Airport Newquay is scheduled for next year.
Virgin Orbit aims to support national security and commercial satellite efforts.