LauncherOne was a two-stage orbital launch vehicle developed and flown by Virgin Orbit that had operational flights from 2021 to 2023, after being in development...
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Virgin Orbit (category Commercial launch service providers)
market the LauncherOne rocket, which had previously been a project under Virgin Galactic. LauncherOne was a two-stage launch vehicle, air-launched from a...
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Virgin Galactic (section LauncherOne)
Enterprise. The company did the early work on the satellite launch development of LauncherOne before this was hived off to a separate company, Virgin Orbit...
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Small satellite (redirect from Microsatellite Launch Vehicle)
unique orbital and launch-timing requirements. In July 2012, Virgin Orbit announced LauncherOne, an orbital launch vehicle designed to launch "smallsat" primary...
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Spirit of Mojave (section Launch platform)
first stage launch platform (or mothership launch pad) for the air launch stage of the smallsat orbital launch vehicle, the LauncherOne. In 2017, the...
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erector launcher (TEL) is a missile vehicle with an integrated tractor unit that can transport, elevate to a firing position and launch one or more rockets...
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carrying a LauncherOne orbital launch vehicle (White Knight Two never carried a LauncherOne rocket on an orbital space launch mission, so this payload figure...
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"LauncherOne: Virgin Orbit reveals why UK's first rocket launch failed as it plans further attempts". Sky News. 12 January 2023. "UK space launch: Historic...
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up launch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Launch or launched may refer to: Launch (boat), one of several different sorts of boat Motor launch (naval)...
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Alcântara Space Center (redirect from Alcantara Launch Center)
U.S. companies. The company Virgin Orbit, was selected to fly their LauncherOne rocket from Alcântara in the first half of 2023. Construction of the...
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one, STORK-3, has been launched on the same day by Virgin Orbit using a LauncherOne rocket. STORK-6 launched on 9 January 2023 with the LauncherOne rocket...
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Stargazer (aircraft) (category Rocket launch sites)
(aircraft). Scaled Composites White Knight LauncherOne — Virgin Galactic Rocket Cosmic Girl — LauncherOne Carrier Plane Scaled Composites Stratolaunch...
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performs LauncherOne aircraft flight tests". SpaceNews.com. August 28, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2018. Bergin, Chris. "Cosmic Girl takes LauncherOne on its...
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profile as planned by Virgin Orbit for its LauncherOne operations. While LauncherOne was developed and launch aircraft procured (once White Knight Two,...
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Pegasus (rocket) Air launch to orbit Airborne aircraft carrier Rocket sled launch Megascale engineering SpaceShipOne SpaceShipTwo LauncherOne List of Virgin...
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Stratolaunch Systems (redirect from Stratolaunch launch vehicle)
stage launch platform (or mothership launch pad) for the air launch stage of the satellite orbital launch vehicle, the LauncherOne. LauncherOne attempted...
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Richard Branson (category Formula One team owners)
build an orbital space launch system, designated LauncherOne. Four commercial customers have already contracted for launches and two companies are developing...
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Electron is a two-stage small-lift launch vehicle built and operated by Rocket Lab. The rocket has been launched to orbit 54 times with 50 successes and...
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Corn Ranch (redirect from Launch Site One)
Corn Ranch, commonly referred to as Launch Site One (LSO), is a spaceport owned and operated by Blue Origin which is located approximately 30 miles north...
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capable of launching satellites into orbit. United States Virgin Orbit successfully achieved orbit on January 17, 2021, using their LauncherOne vehicle...
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Boeing 747-41R in use by Virgin Orbit as a mothership for the Mark II LauncherOne rocket Stargazer, a modified Lockheed L-1011 TriStar used as a mothership...
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Propulsion Conference. doi:10.2514/6.2016-4984. ISBN 978-1-62410-406-0. "LauncherOne Service Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 22...
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The Launch is a Canadian reality music competition series broadcast by CTV, which premiered on January 10, 2018. Each episode of the series follows five...
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launch on 10 July 2020; also, the KZ-1A launch on 12 September 2020 experienced a 4th-stage failure. Both launches likely reached space. LauncherOne launch...
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Virgin Orbit U.K. launch fails". SpaceNews. Retrieved 11 January 2023. Clark, Stephen (10 January 2023). "SpaceX sends 40 more OneWeb internet satellites...
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Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (redirect from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 1)
Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida. Headquartered...
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2013. Retrieved March 2, 2017. NASA (2009). "NASA's Shuttle and Rocket Launch Schedule". NASA. Retrieved August 5, 2009. "STS-130: Spectacular Liftoff"...
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2012-08-25. develop versions of their smallsat bus optimized to the design of LauncherOne. Krebs, Gunter. "Arabsat 1A, 1B, 1C / Insat 2DT". Gunter's Space Page...
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system) NOTS-EV-1 Pilot Virgin Orbit LauncherOne Under development: Stratolaunch CubeCab ARCASPACE Generation Orbit Launch Services - contracted for NASA NEXT...
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2023 in spaceflight (section Orbital launch statistics)
records were set for both orbital launch attempts (223) and successful orbital launches (211). The growth in orbital launch cadence can in large part be attributed...
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