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Virgin OrbitLaunch SuccessfulDedicated RideshareLauncherOne
Launched 2021-01-17 19:38:51 UTCMojave Air and Space Port, Air launch to orbit
Success
Reached Polar Orbit
Worldwide
2nd
orbital launch attempt in 2021
Virgin Orbit
1st
launch this year
Mojave Air and Space Port
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
236 d 23 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
Launch Provider
Commercial · United States of America · Founded 2017 · President Dan Hart
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
Launches
6
Successful
4
67%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
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Adjusting T-0
SwGustav
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Updating T-0
SwGustav
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Correcting launch window.
spacevogel
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Still no official updates today, setting TBC
SwGustav
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NET Jan 17th
SwGustav
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Setting GO
SwGustav
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"..currently, the window is likely to be mid-January"
spacevogel
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Launch slip
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
16m
Diameter
1.6m
To low Earth orbit
500kg
Liftoff thrust
327kN
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