Virgin Orbit @ Nanosats Database

Name	Virgin Orbit (Virgin Orbit National Systems, VOX Space)
Previous names	Virgin Galactic
Products Services	Launcher (Dedicated) Launch Provider / Brokerer
Location	US
Founded	2016
Funding	$700M
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Oneliner	Enter Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne system: a rocket that combines proven technology with state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques to propel human curiosity to new heights.
Notes	Sister company to Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company. Virgin Orbit’s ambitions go beyond more and larger launch vehicles. The company says it will establish a “space solutions” business, developing and launching a constellation of satellites to provide IoT and Earth observation services. Virgin Orbit foresees providing IoT services for the agriculture, aviation, maritime and pipeline monitoring markets and a “complete multimodal offering” of visible, infrared and radar imagery. The company plans to launch its first four satellites in early 2023, two with IoT payloads and two with imagery payloads. That would be followed by a “full constellation thereafter,” but it didn’t disclose the size of the constellation or when it would be deployed. Virgin Orbit looks beyond satellite launch for growth opportunities. LauncherOne Now in Orbit: Dedicated Air-Launch Brings Proven, Responsive Space: Access with Historic NASA VCLS Demonstration Mission, SmallSat 2021. Virgin Orbit to launch first Welsh satellite from UK Spaceport Summer 2022. Poland, Virgin Orbit partner on Eastern Europe satellite launch initiative. Virgin Orbit delays first U.K. launch. December, 2022, Spacenews. Virgin Orbit Expects to Return to Spaceport Cornwall After Launch Failure, Via Satellite, 2023-01-12. Virgin Orbit fails to secure funding, will cease operations and lay off nearly entire workforce, CNBC, 2023-03-31.
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Last modified: 2023-12-23

Virgin Orbit (Virgin Orbit National Systems, VOX Space)