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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.
Jan 13, 2022 · by Greg Rose. 13 January 2022. Virgin Orbit successfully deployed all seven customer satellites onboard its LauncherOne rocket into orbit during its latest mission.
Aug 23, 2021 · 23 August 2021. Virgin Orbit has announced it will become a publicly traded company. We've launched rockets to space from the wing of a jet. We've delivered commercial, civil, & nat'l security satellites to their target orbits from the end of a runway. And we're just getting started.
Jan 29, 2021 · Virgin Orbit has done what many thought was impossible: launching a rocket from under the wing of a modified 747 airplane fly to space and drop satellites into Earth’s orbit. But what do customers want to send to space and why?
Jun 30, 2021 · Virgin Orbit, the sister company of billionaire Richard Branson’s space tourism firm Virgin Galactic, calls the mission “Tubular Bells: Part One,” marking its third flight since May 2020 and...
Jan 7, 2022 · by Greg Rose. 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.
Jan 28, 2022 · by Natalie Clarkson. 28 January 2022. Virgin Orbit has been selected by NASA’s Launch Services Program to provide launch services for its Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated Rideshare (VADR) missions. “This contract award is a great step forward for commercial space,” said Dan Hart, CEO of Virgin Orbit.
