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Jun 30, 2021 · Enter Virgin Orbit. Like the satellites its customers are flying, its launch system is light, fast, flexible, and affordable. Virgin Orbit uses a 747 airplane and a runway rather than a launch pad - this is a route to space that can be made from any airport in the world.
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.
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.
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...
Jan 7, 2022 · Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart rang the opening bell at Nasdaq as the premier dedicated small satellite launch service celebrated another major milestone. The Virgin Orbit team are on hand in New York to show the public LauncherOne and give Times Square passers-by a look at the future of space.
Jun 30, 2021 · Virgin Orbit successfully launched a payload of satellites to space on Wednesday for its debut commercial mission from Southern California, five months after the company first reached orbit...
Dec 6, 2022 · The first ever orbital space launch from the UK is expected to take place on the night of Wednesday 14 December. Entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit company will run the mission out...
May 24, 2023 · Virgin Orbit, the beleaguered satellite launch company that filed for bankruptcy close to two months ago, said it has agreed to sell key assets worth over $35 million to three aerospace companies...
Jun 30, 2024 · Virgin Orbit was an air-launch, SmallSat launch company based in Long Beach, California. The company spun out of Virgin Galactic and was own by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group. The company’s mission was based on an, at the time, pioneering idea called “rapid responsive launch.”
At Virgin Orbit: We pioneered a new method of space flight, flying liquid-fueled rockets to space from under the wing of a 747 aircraft.
