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Virgin Orbit was a company within the Virgin Group that provided launch services for small satellites.The company was formed in 2017 as a spin-off of Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space tourism venture to develop and market the LauncherOne rocket, which had previously been a project under Virgin Galactic. LauncherOne was a two-stage launch vehicle, air-launched from a Boeing 747 carrier aircraft, designed to deliver 300 kg of payload to low Earth orbit. On December 30, 2021, Virgin Orbit ...
May 24, 2023 · Rival start-up Rocket Lab has bought most of Virgin Orbit's headquarters in California as well as other assets. The company's Boeing 747 plane, which was converted to help launch satellites, has ...
Jun 30, 2021 · This mission comes after a successful flight into orbit earlier this year.Cosmic Girl, Virgin Orbit’s adapted Virgin Atlantic 747 carrier aircraft, soared to 30,000ft to launch the Virgin LauncherOne rocket, which took off from under its wing, delivering satellites into orbit.
Jun 30, 2021 · Virgin Orbit has successfully completed its second mission to space, deploying all seven customer satellites onboard into orbit.. The picture-perfect mission, named Tubular Bells: Part One in homage to the first album released by Virgin Records, was globally livestreamed for everyone to watch along at home.
Jan 29, 2021 · Virgin Orbit will be revealing more of what was on board in the days to come.. The satellite launch company has also announced it has signed a new customer.Virgin Orbit has been selected by Dutch space engineering company Innovative Solutions in Space (ISIS) to launch the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s (RNLAF) first ever satellite, a 6U CubeSat called BRIK-II.
May 24, 2023 · Virgin Orbit's Boeing 747 carrier plane Cosmic Girl photographed releasing the company's LauncherOne rocket during a July 2019 drop test. (Image credit: Virgin Orbit/Greg Robinson)
Dec 6, 2022 · Virgin Orbit is targeting the night of 14 December for the first orbital space mission from the UK.
May 24, 2023 · Sir Richard Branson's rocket company Virgin Orbit has shut down, just months after a major mission failure. It comes weeks after the firm set up to launch satellites paused operations to try and ...
Jun 30, 2021 · Virgin Orbit, the sister company of billionaire Richard Branson’s space tourism firm Virgin Galactic, calls the mission “Tubular Bells: Part One,” marking its third flight since May 2020 and ...
Apr 4, 2023 · Virgin Orbit, a satellite launch company whose fortunes have sunk since one of its rockets failed to reach orbit in January, filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States on Tuesday.. The ...
