April 2020
Spaceport Cornwall – from protests to sustainability
...known as Spaceport Cornwall, has partnered with Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit, secured £20 million ($26m) of investment and is ... much as it will be for the UK space industry. Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart visiting Cornwall in the summer of 2019. Pictured...
26 May 2020
Virgin Orbit's first orbital test flight fails due to anomaly
... Long Beach manufacturing facility, with a half-dozen other rockets for subsequent missions not far behind. Virgin Orbit’s decision to begin production of multiple rockets well in advance of this test flight will enable the team to progress...
14 October 2019
First dedicated commercial smallsat mission to Mars unveiled
... “drop test” of its rocket from its dedicated 747-400 carrier aircraft called “Cosmic Girl” in July. “Virgin Orbit is thrilled to join this consortium, as it speaks directly to our mantra of ‘opening space for everyone’,” said...
05 June 2019
UK government backs ambitious space plans
... carrier aircraft from Cornwall Airport Newquay. A maiden US launch is expected later this year. Dan Hart, CEO of Virgin Orbit, said: "We are very proud to play a role in bringing space launch back to Britain - with a revolutionary new level...
18 July 2018
Boost for UK space sector as Scotland and Cornwall to offer spaceport facilities
... vertical launch operations in the remote A'Mhoine Peninsula in Sutherland, Scotland, while at the other end of the country Virgin Orbit has selected Spaceport Cornwall as its preferred base for one of its first launches of its LauncherOne system...
30 May 2023
Virgin Orbit cuts its losses and ceases operations
.... In a statement issued in mid-May announcing it was selling its assets to four winning bidders and then folding, Virgin Orbit thanked its employees and stakeholders and said the company will be remembered for its "groundbreaking technologies...
