LauncherOne | Launch Demo 2
Mojave Air and Space Port
Air launch to orbit
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Virgin Orbit
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
Launch Demo 2 (VCLS ELaNa XX)
This is Virgin Orbit's second attempt to launch the LauncherOne rocket. It also carries cubesats which were contracted by NASA through Venture Class Launch Services contract.
LauncherOne
Height 16.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 327 kN
Diameter 1.60 Meters
Mass To LEO 500 kg
Liftoff Mass 30 Tonnes
Launch Success 4
Consecutive Success 4
Maiden Flight 2020-05-25
Launch Failures 2
Updates
Nosu
2021-01-17T22:32:28+0000
SwGustav
2021-01-17T18:19:45+0000
Adjusting T-0
SwGustav
2021-01-17T16:23:07+0000
Updating T-0
spacevogel
2021-01-17T15:19:56+0000
Correcting launch window.
SwGustav
2021-01-17T14:55:23+0000
Still no official updates today, setting TBC
SwGustav
2021-01-12T16:36:50+0000
NET Jan 17th
spacevogel
2021-01-07T18:28:39+0000
SwGustav
2021-01-05T20:45:06+0000
Setting GO
Nosu
2020-12-31T20:10:52+0000
spacevogel
2020-12-23T18:42:50+0000
"..currently, the window is likely to be mid-January"
Cosmic_Penguin
2020-12-13T07:08:00+0000
Launch slip
SwGustav
2020-11-30T17:55:17+0000
SwGustav
2020-11-26T20:59:19+0000
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