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Virgin Orbit invested $5,000,000 in Arqit’s SPAC deal.
Virgin Orbit is in talks about additional launches that could operate from Spaceport Cornwall, where Virgin Orbit will start operations in 2022.
Virgin Orbit will launch the first hyperspectral satellite for QinetiQ and HyperSat on a LauncherOne rocket in 2023.
STORK-4 and STORK-5 are scheduled to launch no earlier than June 2021 on Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket.
Virgin Orbit’s Launch Demo 2 on 2021-01-17 was the company’s first successful launch.
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket reached orbit on its second flight on 2021-01-17.
Virgin Orbit is a sister company to Virgin Galactic and intends to deploy satellites using rockets released from under the wing of a Boeing 747 airliner.
Virgin Orbit is a sister company to Virgin Galactic and intends to deploy satellites using rockets released from under the wing of a Boeing 747 airliner.
Virgin Orbit shipped the LauncherOne rocket from its factory in Long Beach, California to the Mojave Air and Space Port for the Launch Demo 2 mission.
Virgin Orbit’s Launch Demo 2 launch window opens on Saturday, 2020-12-19, with a backup window on Sunday, 2020-12-20.
Virgin Orbit shipped the LauncherOne rocket for the Launch Demo 2 mission from its factory in Long Beach, California to the Mojave Air and Space Port earlier 2020-11.
Dan Hart, CEO of Virgin Orbit, advocates that governments should invest in a diversity of smallsat launch companies and avoid creating monopolies.
Virgin Orbit plans to invest in Sky and Space Global and partner with it on launch and satellite services.
Virgin Orbit plans to invest in Sky and Space Global and partner with it on launch and satellite services.
The United Kingdom is laying regulatory groundwork for commercial spaceports and is working with Virgin Orbit to host flights of Virgin Orbit’s air-launch system from an English airport.
Virgin Orbit’s first LauncherOne flight on 2020-05-25 failed to reach orbit.
Virgin Orbit holds a Venture Class Launch Services contract, originally awarded in 2015, for a launch of a group of cubesats that will be one of the first operational missions for LauncherOne.
Virgin Orbit’s first LauncherOne launch on 2020-05-25 failed to reach orbit and carried a demonstration payload only.
Virgin Orbit set a price of about $12,000,000 per LauncherOne launch prior to entering service.
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne failed to reach orbit in its first launch attempt on 2020-05-25.