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LauncherOne – Virgin Orbit

LauncherOne – Virgin Orbit

  • Family: Launcher
  • Length: 16 m
  • Diameter: 1.6 m
  • Launch Mass: 30 T
  • Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 500 kg

The LauncherOne was manufactured by Virgin Orbit with the first launch on 2020-05-25. LauncherOne has 4 successful launches and 2 failed launches with a total of 6 launches. LauncherOne is a two stage orbital launch vehicle developed by Virgin Orbit since 2007. It is an air launch to orbit rocket, designed to launch “smallsat” payloads of 300 kilograms (660 lb) into a Sun-synchronous orbit, following air launch from a carrier aircraft at high altitude.

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