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Virgin OrbitLaunch FailureEarth ScienceLauncherOne
Launched 2023-01-09 23:08 UTCSpaceport Cornwall, Air launch to orbit
2nd stage engine failure at ~17000 km/h after 2nd stage fuel filter within the fuel feedline was dislodged from its normal position, causing lower than usual fuel flow and subsequent rise in engine combustion chamber temperature.
From Launch Library 2 · updated
Launch failure
Target: Low Earth Orbit
LauncherOne lifted off with Start Me Up, but the launch failed.
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Waiting on the Cause
No cause has been given yet. What Virgin Orbit finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
7 payloads for government and private customers. This mission is the first launch from the United Kingdom.
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
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Successful
4
67%
Upcoming
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scheduled
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Launch failed.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Drop and ignition confirmed
SwGustav
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Updated T-0 post-take off
Cosmic_Penguin
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Coverage live
SwGustav
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Updated NET rocket dropping & ignition time.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Go for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Targeting January 9
Nosu
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NET January 2023
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET Late December
Nosu
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NET December 14
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET November
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET October 29
Cosmic_Penguin
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Launch unlikely to occur in September 2022 with mission rehearsal and launch license still pending as of September 13
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET September
Cosmic_Penguin
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Targeting August
Nosu
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Adding launch
Jay
Height
16m
Diameter
1.6m
To low Earth orbit
500kg
Liftoff thrust
327kN
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