Topic - Virgin Orbit

Virgin Orbit is a company within the Virgin Group which plans to provide launch services for small satellites. The company was formed in 2017 to develop the air-launched LauncherOne rocket, launched from Cosmic Girl, which had previously been a project of Virgin Galactic. Based in Long Beach, California, Virgin Orbit has more than 300 employees led by president Dan Hart, a former vice president of government satellite systems at Boeing. - Source: Wikipedia

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In this Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, file photo, Richard Branson, right, founder of Virgin Galactic, and company executives gather for photos outside the New York Stock Exchange before his company's IPO. In an interview after the Wednesday, June 30, 2021, satellite launch by his separate company Virgin Orbit, Branson said that he has to be “so circumspect” in what he says about Virgin Galactic. “All I can say is when the engineers tell me that I can go to space, I’m ready, fit and healthy to go. So we’ll see,” he said. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ** FILE **

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In this undated photo provided by Virgin Orbit on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, Virgin Atlantic Cosmic Girl, a repurposed Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 aircraft that will carry a rocket, is parked at Spaceport Cornwall, at Cornwall Airport in Newquay, England. Engineers are making final preparations for the first satellite launch from the U.K. later Monday, when a repurposed passenger plane is expected to release a Virgin Orbit rocket carrying several small satellites into space. (Virgin Orbit via AP)

Virgin Orbit aborts operations, axes 85% of its employees after failing to secure more funding

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This undated photo provided by Virgin Orbit on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, shows the LauncherOne rocket in a hanger at Spaceport Cornwall, at Cornwall Airport in Newquay, England. Engineers are making final preparations for the first satellite launch from the U.K. later Monday, when a repurposed passenger plane is expected to release a Virgin Orbit rocket carrying several small satellites into space. (Virgin Orbit via AP)

Virgin Orbit satellite launch out of Britain manages to reach space, but falls short of orbit

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Virgin Orbit aims to launch multiple satellites in June

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Virgin Orbit conducts final major test before first launch

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FILE - This Wednesday, July 10, 2019 file photo provided by Virgin Orbit shows a rocket being released from under the wing of a Boeing 747 during a test flight over the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, Calif, prior to a test flight during which the rocket was released from the airplane. Virgin Orbit says it has been selected by the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force to provide launches of small satellites on short notice. The Long Beach, Calif., company announced Friday, July 19, 2019, that the first launch for the ARTEMIS program could come as soon as 2020. (Greg Robinson/Virgin Orbit via AP, File)

Virgin Orbit in launch deal with UK’s Royal Air Force

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Virgin Orbit conducts drop-test of rocket from Boeing 747

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In this Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, photo released by Virgin Orbit, a completed LauncherOne rocket hangs from the wing of Cosmic Girl, a special Boeing 747 aircraft that is used as the rocket's &quot;flying launch pad,&quot; at the Long Beach Airport in Long Beach, Calif. The system is intended to carry small satellites into orbit. Virgin Orbit is a sister company of Virgin Galactic, which is developing an air-launched rocket plane for carrying tourists on suborbital flights into space. (Greg Robinson/Virgin Orbit via AP)

Virgin Orbit mates rocket to jet for airborne launch system

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