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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.
VOX Space, a subsidiary of Virgin Orbit that focuses on the national security launch market, was awarded a $35,000,000 contract on 2020-04-10 for three dedicated launches to deliver 44 small satellites to low Earth orbit.
Virgin Orbit performed a taxi test at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California as part of pre-launch preparations.
Virgin Orbit is working to establish launch operations at Cornwall Airport Newquay, also known as Spaceport Cornwall, in England.
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.
The Cornwall local government and the U.K. Space Agency have agreed to fund improvements at Cornwall Airport Newquay to accommodate Virgin Orbit, with a first flight there planned as soon as late 2021.
On 2020-03-20, Virgin Orbit will continue operations at its facility in Long Beach, California after state officials categorized the work as an essential service.
Virgin Orbit's work developing and operating its flexible, responsive space launch system for customers including NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense has been deemed an essential service and exempted from many 'Safer at Home' restrictions.
Virgin Orbit offers LauncherOne as a flexible launch service to government and commercial customers that can operate from locations around the world.
Spaceflight monitored the planned maiden flights of Firefly Aerospace's Alpha and Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne expected later in 2020.
A panel at the Satellite 2020 conference in Washington took place on 2020-03-09 and featured executives from Rocket Lab and Virgin Orbit.
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.
Richard Branson expected Virgin Orbit’s first LauncherOne launch to take place in April 2020.
VOX Space provides small satellite launch services to the U.S. government using Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne.
Virgin Orbit established operations in Long Beach in 2015 when its air-launch project was part of Virgin Galactic.
Virgin Orbit prepared for an imminent first orbital launch attempt of LauncherOne using a converted Boeing 747 in 2020 after a final series of tests.
DARPA selected Astra, Vector, and Virgin Orbit as finalists for the DARPA Launch Challenge in April 2019.
Virgin Orbit is working with the U.S. Air Force to perform a LauncherOne launch from Guam to demonstrate the system’s flexibility.
Virgin Orbit will perform a captive carry flight in which the 747 will take off with LauncherOne attached for the entire flight.
DARPA selected three finalists for the Launch Challenge—Vector, Virgin Orbit, and a stealth company—for launches then scheduled for early 2020.