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... 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...
