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Virgin Orbit

US
commercialFounded 2017
Long Beach, California, United States
virginorbit.com
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Virgin Orbit developed a vehicle called LauncherOne that is air-launched from a modified Boeing 747 aircraft.

Mentioned as: virgin orbitTechnical ProductDec 17, 2018Pentagon procurement chief Ellen Lord: DoD needs launch vehicles for small satellites

The upcoming 2019 Virgin Orbit mission is for the DoD Space Test Program, which is overseen by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitTechnical ProductDec 17, 2018Pentagon procurement chief Ellen Lord: DoD needs launch vehicles for small satellites

Virgin Orbit projects the first orbital flight of LauncherOne to take place in early 2019.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitNarrative GeneralDec 17, 2018Pentagon procurement chief Ellen Lord: DoD needs launch vehicles for small satellites

Virgin Orbit is preparing to launch a small satellite for the Department of Defense in 2019.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitNarrative GeneralDec 17, 2018Pentagon procurement chief Ellen Lord: DoD needs launch vehicles for small satellites

Virgin Orbit created a subsidiary, Vox Space, specifically to work with the U.S. government.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitOrg RelationshipDec 17, 2018Pentagon procurement chief Ellen Lord: DoD needs launch vehicles for small satellites

Virgin Orbit is the company spun off from Virgin Galactic to develop and operate the LauncherOne air-launch system.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitOrg RelationshipDec 16, 2018Rocket Lab launches cubesats for NASA

Total investment in Virgin Galactic, The Spaceship Company, and Virgin Orbit is about $1.3 to $1,500,000,000.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitNarrative FinancialDec 13, 2018Branson looks ahead to beginning commercial SpaceShipTwo flights

Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne is designed for missions between 300 and 500 kg.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitNarrative GeneralNov 28, 2018PLD Space, after ESA input, doubles lift capacity of smallsat launcher

Virgin Orbit, Vector, and Firefly Aerospace are participating in or pursuing opportunities in the DARPA Launch Challenge, which requires competitors to launch two payloads on short notice from two different launch sites.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitOrg RelationshipNov 28, 2018Small launch vehicle industry entering key period

Virgin Orbit is developing a vehicle called LauncherOne that will be air-launched from a modified Boeing 747 aircraft.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitOrg RelationshipNov 28, 2018Small launch vehicle industry entering key period

Virgin Orbit performed its first captive carry flight of the LauncherOne air-launch system on 2018-11-18.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitNarrative GeneralNov 18, 2018Virgin Orbit performs first captive carry flight

Virgin Orbit projected the first orbital flight of LauncherOne to take place in early 2019 with multiple trips to orbit planned in the year ahead.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitOrg RelationshipNov 18, 2018Virgin Orbit performs first captive carry flight

Virgin Orbit is developing the LauncherOne air-launch system and is preparing for captive carry test flights ahead of an initial launch late 2018 or early next year.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitNarrative GeneralNov 15, 2018Rocket Lab raises an additional $140 million

Virgin Group announced a non-binding memorandum of understanding nearly a year ago with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia for a $1,000,000,000 investment that would be allocated to Virgin Galactic, The Spaceship Company, and Virgin Orbit.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitOrg RelationshipOct 13, 2018Virgin Galactic preparing for next phase of SpaceShipTwo test flight program

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Virgin’s space companies reached an initial agreement in October for a $1,000,000,000 investment in Virgin’s space companies, which include Virgin Orbit, Virgin Galactic, and The Spaceship Company.

Mentioned as: virgin orbitTechnical ProductSep 11, 2018Shakeout looming for the small launch sector

Virgin Orbit is continuing testing leading up to a first launch planned for later 2018.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitNarrative GeneralSep 11, 2018Shakeout looming for the small launch sector

Virgin Orbit planned a series of envelope-expansion test flights of the 747 with the pylon in the weeks following 2018-08-01.

Mentioned as: virgin orbitTechnical ProductAug 28, 2018Virgin Orbit performs LauncherOne aircraft flight tests

Tim Buzza left Virgin Orbit in May after four years working at Virgin Orbit and Virgin Galactic since Virgin Orbit was spun out in 2017.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitNarrative GeneralAug 20, 2018Veteran aerospace executive joins Relativity Space

Cornwall Airport Newquay signed an agreement with Virgin Orbit at Farnborough that could lead to LauncherOne missions flying from Cornwall Airport Newquay.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitNarrative GeneralAug 8, 2018Five decades after Black Arrow, a reawakening UK launch industry aims for bullseye

Virgin Orbit modified a Boeing 747 to carry a two-stage expendable rocket to deliver payloads into low Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitNarrative GeneralAug 2, 2018Space launch vehicles eyed by the military to move supplies around the world
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