by Matt Wilson | Feb 10, 2021 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
Virgin Orbit announced on 9 February 2021 that it has been contracted by Polish smallsat manufacturer SatRevolution. The two 3U CubeSats will be launched later in 2021 on one of its LauncherOne rockets. SatRevolution plans to use these two STORK CubeSats as part of...
by Matt Wilson | Jan 27, 2021 | commercial launch services, Satellites, Seradata News
The Royal Netherlands Air Force has – through its satellite manufacturer ISISpace – secured a slot on a March 2021 mission of the Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket. The contract was signed on 25 January and will see the 6U-CubeSat – known as BRIK-II...
by David Todd | Jan 18, 2021 | Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
After several technical delays and a maiden launch failure (and at a developmental cost of around US$1 billion), Virgin Orbit finally achieved the first successful flight of its air-launched LauncherOne vehicle. The procedure began with the Boeing 747-400 “Cosmic...
by Matt Wilson | Aug 6, 2020 | commercial launch services, NASA, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
NASA and Virgin Orbit have announced that the ELaNa 20 mission will fly on the upcoming second orbital test flight of the LauncherOne rocket. NASA and Virgin Orbit issued a press release on 3 August. In which it stated that NASA is happy for the 11-satellite mission...
by David Todd | Jul 23, 2020 | Launches, Reliability Info
The cause of failure of the maiden flight of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket has been revealed. The air-launched rocket was dropped from its Cosmic Girl Boeing 747 carrier aircraft at 1950 GMT on 25 May. After a four-second drop, ignition of the first stage...
