Virgin Orbit – VO

Abbreviation: VO
Administrator: President: Dan Hart
Country: USA

Virgin Orbit is a Commercial space agency that was established in 2017. Virgin Orbit has 4 successful launches and 2 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 6 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline. Virgin Orbit has a tally of 0 attempted booster landings, of which 0 failed and 0 successful booster landings recorded.

Virgin Orbit is a company within the Virgin Group which plans to provide launch services for small satellites. The company was formed in 2017 to develop the air-launched LauncherOne rocket, launched from Cosmic Girl, which had previously been a project of Virgin Galactic. Based in Long Beach, California, Virgin Orbit has more than 300 employees led by president Dan Hart, a former vice president of government satellite systems at Boeing.

Virgin Orbit focuses on small satellite launch, which is one of three capabilities being focused on by Virgin Galactic. These capabilities are: human spaceflight operations, small satellite launch, and advanced aerospace design, manufacturing, and test