by David Todd | May 26, 2020 | commercial launch services, Launches, Technology
Virgin Orbit suffered a failure in its attempt to launch the airdropped LauncherOne small launch vehicle on its maiden flight. After a one-day delay due to a sensor issue, Virgin Orbit’s Cosmic Girl Boeing 747 carrier aircraft lifted off from Mojave Air and... 
by David Todd | Apr 15, 2020 | commercial launch services, Launches, Military space, Seradata News
After delays to Vega’s launch schedule caused by a failure, the shutdown of the Kourou launch site in French Guiana due to the coronavirus outbreak was the last straw for the prospective Japanese synthetic aperture radar (SAR) constellation operator, Synspective. The... 
by Matt Wilson | Jun 26, 2018 | commercial launch services, Seradata News
Spaceflight Industries, the US-based rideshare organiser and launch services provider, announced on 25 June that it had signed an MoU with expectant launch provider Virgin Orbit for a dedicated LauncherOne mission in 2019. Signing with Virgin Orbit now means that... 
by David Todd | Apr 30, 2018 | Launches, NASA, Seradata News
NASA has booked another Venture Class flight on RocketLab’s Electron (it had previously ordered one to take place this summer from the Mahia Penisula in New Zealand) and a booking for a flight on Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne. Each mission for NASA is... 
by Matt Wilson | Nov 17, 2017 | commercial launch services
Upcoming launch services provider Virgin Orbit, have announced that they have been selected by the US Department of Defense (DoD), to launch a Space Test Program (STP) payload using their air-launched LauncherOne light launch vehicle. The launch is scheduled to take...
