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Virgin Orbit was a company within the Virgin Group that provided launch services for small satellites. The company was formed in 2017 as a spin-off of Richard Branson 's Virgin Galactic space tourism venture to develop and market the LauncherOne rocket, which had previously been a project under Virgin Galactic.
Jun 30, 2021 · Enter Virgin Orbit. Like the satellites its customers are flying, its launch system is light, fast, flexible, and affordable. Virgin Orbit uses a 747 airplane and a runway rather than a launch pad - this is a route to space that can be made from any airport in the world.
Jun 30, 2021 · Virgin Orbit has successfully completed its second mission to space, deploying all seven customer satellites onboard into orbit. The picture-perfect mission, named Tubular Bells: Part One in homage to the first album released by Virgin Records, was globally livestreamed for everyone to watch along at home.
May 24, 2023 · Sir Richard Branson's rocket company Virgin Orbit has shut down, just months after a major mission failure. It comes weeks after the firm set up to launch satellites paused operations to...
Jan 13, 2022 · Virgin Orbit. Because of the unique air-launch system Virgin Orbit has developed, the Above the Clouds mission was launched in an orbit never before directly accessible from the West Coast of the Americas.
Jan 29, 2021 · Virgin Orbit has done what many thought was impossible: launching a rocket from under the wing of a modified 747 airplane fly to space and drop satellites into Earth’s orbit. But what do customers want to send to space and why?
Jan 7, 2022 · Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart rang the opening bell at Nasdaq as the premier dedicated small satellite launch service celebrated another major milestone. The Virgin Orbit team are on hand in New York to show the public LauncherOne and give Times Square passers-by a look at the future of space.
