Virgin Orbit - LauncherOne
| Launcher name |
LauncherOne |
| Launcher state |
Retired, Operational, Bankrupt |
| First launch |
2020 |
| Launch delay |
First announced launch: 2016 |
| Launches |
6 |
| Launch cost |
$12M |
| Cost per kg |
40000 $/kg |
| Performance |
300 kg |
| Launch type |
Plane |
| Propellant type |
Kerosene |
| Reusability |
Not planned |
| Photos |
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| Photo sources |
[1] |
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| Logo |
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| Name |
Virgin Orbit (Virgin Orbit National Systems, VOX Space) |
| Previous names |
Virgin Galactic |
| Oneliner |
Enter Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne system: a rocket that combines proven technology with state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques to propel human curiosity to new heights.
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| Notes |
- Sister company to Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company.
- Virgin Orbit’s ambitions go beyond more and larger launch vehicles. The company says it will establish a “space solutions” business, developing and launching a constellation of satellites to provide IoT and Earth observation services. Virgin Orbit foresees providing IoT services for the agriculture, aviation, maritime and pipeline monitoring markets and a “complete multimodal offering” of visible, infrared and radar imagery.
- The company plans to launch its first four satellites in early 2023, two with IoT payloads and two with imagery payloads. That would be followed by a “full constellation thereafter,” but it didn’t disclose the size of the constellation or when it would be deployed.
- Virgin Orbit looks beyond satellite launch for growth opportunities.
- LauncherOne Now in Orbit: Dedicated Air-Launch Brings Proven, Responsive Space: Access with Historic NASA VCLS Demonstration Mission, SmallSat 2021.
- Virgin Orbit to launch first Welsh satellite from UK Spaceport Summer 2022.
- Poland, Virgin Orbit partner on Eastern Europe satellite launch initiative.
- Virgin Orbit delays first U.K. launch. December, 2022, Spacenews.
- Virgin Orbit Expects to Return to Spaceport Cornwall After Launch Failure, Via Satellite, 2023-01-12.
- Virgin Orbit fails to secure funding, will cease operations and lay off nearly entire workforce, CNBC, 2023-03-31.
- Former Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart on the Milestones, Hopes, and Heartbreaks of Virgin Orbit’s Journey, 2024-01-22.
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| Funding |
$700M |
| Public |
Delisted |
| Nation |
US |
| Established |
2016 |
| Socials |
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Last modified: 2024-05-18
