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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 · 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. Watch the mission live.
Jun 30, 2021 · 30 June 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.
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13 January 2022. Virgin Orbit successfully deployed all seven customer satellites onboard its LauncherOne rocket into orbit during its latest mission.
Jun 30, 2021 · Update 1:23PM ET: Added update on successful satellite deployment. Richard Branson’s space firm Virgin Orbit is gearing up for its debut commercial mission from the Mojave Desert in Southern ...
Jan 7, 2022 · 7 January 2022. New York City has seen a lot over the years – but this is the first time a 70-foot rocket has landed in Times Square. LauncherOne lit up a snowy Nasdaq HQ to mark Virgin Orbit going public as #VORB.
Jul 2, 2022 · by Natalie Clarkson. 2 July 2022. Virgin Orbit has successfully launched seven satellites into space on its latest mission, Straight Up. Congratulations to our team for completing another successful mission to space today! We deployed a total of seven customer satellites into Low Earth Orbit as planned. 👏 #StraightUp.
