LauncherOne, orbital launch vehicle, Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA

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LauncherOne (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LauncherOne) on Wikipedia

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Virgin Orbit LauncherOne launches NASA’s ELaNa 20

Jan 17, 2021


ForVirgin Orbit Launch Demo 2 mission, a LauncherOne rocket launched ELaNa 20, from the Mojave Air and Spaceport in California, on 17 January 2021, at 19:39 UTC. NASA’s Educational Launch of NanoSatellites (ELaNa 20) mission included 10 CubeSats: PolarCube, MiTEE, CACTUS-1, Q-PACE, TechEdSat-7, RadFXSat-2, EXOCUBE, CAPE-3 and PICS (two CubeSats). The airplane, Cosmic Girl, can take off from and return to multiple launch locations across the Earth.

Credit: Virgin Orbit/Greg Robinson/NASA

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Article "Virgin Orbit reaches orbit for the first time (https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/17/virgin-orbit-reaches-orbit-for-the-first-time)"

by Darrell Etherington
January 17, 2021

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LauncherOne launches “Above the Clouds”

Jan 14, 2022


For Virgin Orbit’s “Above the Clouds” mission, the “Cosmic Girl” aircraft took off from the Mojave Air and Spaceport in California, on 13 January 2022, at 21:39 UTC (13:39 PST). “Cosmic Girl” traveled off the Pacific coast to about 9.6 km (31500ft) in altitude, then released the LauncherOne rocket that launched several small satellites into orbit, at 22:53 UTC (14:53 PST).

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LauncherOne launches “Start Me Up”

Jan 10, 2023


For Virgin Orbit’s “Start Me Up” mission, the “Cosmic Girl” aircraft took off for the first time from Spaceport Cornwall, United Kingdom, on 9 January 2023, at 22:02 UTC. “Cosmic Girl” traveled off the coast of Ireland to about 9.6 km (31500ft) in altitude, then released the LauncherOne rocket that launched seven payloads: Prometheus-2 (two cubesats), AMAN (Oman’s first satellite), CIRCE (Coordinated Ionospheric Reconstruction CubeSat Experiment), DOVER, ForgeStar-0, IOD-3 AMBER (aka IOD-3) and STORK-6; at 23:09 UTC.

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Article "Failure of Britain’s First Space Launch Is a Setback to Emerging Industry (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/business/uk-satellite-virgin-orbit.html)"
When a Virgin Orbit rocket fell short of orbit, it dealt a blow to Britain’s space program and the companies whose satellites were lost in the mission.

by Stanley Reed (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanley-reed-b1980a8)
January 10, 2023