Launch Demo
LauncherOne
Virgin Orbit
Mission
Launch Demo
Type: Test Flight
Launch Cost: $12,000,000
Payload-free test flight of the LauncherOne vehicle.
Trajectory
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Location
Mojave Air and Space Port
Air launch to orbit
51 rockets have launched from Air launch to orbit.
Agency
Virgin Orbit – VO
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: VO
- Administration: President: Dan Hart
- Founded: 2017
- Launchers: LauncherOne
- Country: USA
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
