LauncherOne | Tubular Bells, Part One
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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
Tubular Bells, Part One
The mission includes three cubesats for US Department of Defense which are launched as a part of the DoS Space Test Program (STP); the Netherland's first military satellite, a cubesat called BRIK II; and two optical satellites, STORK-4 and STORK-5, for SatRevolution's STORK constellation. The mission name, "Tubular Bells, Part One", references the first music album released by Virgin Records label in the 1970s. The label was established by Virgin Orbit CEO Richard Branson.
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
spacevogel
2021-06-30T17:33:03+0000
Launch success confirmed
Nosu
2021-06-30T14:48:16+0000
LauncherOne has separated from Cosmic Girl and ignited its first stage.
Nosu
2021-06-30T08:46:32+0000
Launch window 14:00-16:00 UTC based on takeoff time.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-06-28T02:58:14+0000
NOTAMs issued.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-06-24T00:53:34+0000
New launch date.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-06-07T03:26:16+0000
Rolling back previous update as the notice might not be related.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-06-05T15:18:15+0000
Added launch date per air space closure notices.
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