14 October 2019
First dedicated commercial smallsat mission to Mars unveiled
... 300 kilograms into a Sun-synchronous orbit. Although LauncherOne has not made any flights into orbit yet, the... The firm, which has said it wants to conduct missions of LauncherOne from the Cornwall Spaceport in Newquay on the southern tip of England...
18 January 2021
Virgin Orbit rocket reaches orbit for first time
... payload capacity of the rocket, this technique allows the LauncherOne system to be the world’s most flexible and responsive launch... new gateway to space has just sprung open! That LauncherOne was able to successfully reach orbit today is a testament...
20 April 2016
Satellite company OneWeb announce ambitious plans for world-wide internet coverage
... company’s satellite fleet as old satellites stop working. Rather than launching from a traditional launch pad at a spaceport, LauncherOne will haul up one satellite at a time after dropping them from a modified Boeing 747-400 carrier aircraft...
06 March 2017
Virgin Galactic announces its new space venture - Virgin Orbit
...offer flexible, reliable and low cost launch services for small satellites via the company’s LauncherOne system. LauncherOne works differently to traditional satellite launch systems as it is launched from an altitude of 35, 000 feet from the company...
18 July 2018
Boost for UK space sector as Scotland and Cornwall to offer spaceport facilities
...its preferred base for one of its first launches of its LauncherOne system outside of its US home. The newly nominated spaceport... its two stage orbital launch vehicle – to carry its LauncherOne rocket to around 35,000 feet over the Atlantic. At around...
05 June 2019
UK government backs ambitious space plans
... level of flexibility and responsiveness. The Virgin Orbit team has now demonstrated every major assembly of our LauncherOne system and are within arm’s reach of bringing to the UK. We’re thankful for the leadership of Minister Skidmore, MP Steve...
