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Virgin OrbitLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top SecretLauncherOne
Launched 2022-07-02 06:53 UTCMojave Air and Space Port, Air launch to orbit
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
77th
orbital launch attempt in 2022
Virgin Orbit
2nd
launch this year
Mojave Air and Space Port
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
169 d 8 h
since the pad's previous launch
Launch contracted by the U.S. Space Force for the Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP), with payloads provided by the DoD Space Test Program (STP) as part of the Space Force’s STP-28A mission. It will carry seven satellites from multiple government agencies that are experiments intended to demonstrate novel modular satellite bus, space domain awareness, and adaptive radio frequency technologies. The target orbit is approximately 500 km above the Earth’s surface at 45 degrees inclination.
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
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scheduled
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Launch success
Cosmic_Penguin
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Release, 1st stage ignition
Cosmic_Penguin
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Take-off ~05:40 UTC -> Drop-off ~06:40 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin
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Setting GO
SwGustav
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Scrubbed due to propellant temperature issues
Cosmic_Penguin
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Pushing T-0 to account for takeoff and climb
Nosu
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GO for launch
Nosu
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Adding launch window
Nosu
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Adding launch NET June 30 UTC
Nosu
Height
16m
Diameter
1.6m
To low Earth orbit
500kg
Liftoff thrust
327kN
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