Virgin Orbit
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| Headquarters | Long Beach |
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| California | |
| United States | |
| Number of employees | 390 (2017) |
| Founded | March 2 |
| 2017 | |
| Predecessor | Virgin Galactic |
| Key people | Dan Hart (President and CEO) |
| Parent organizations | Virgin Group |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1104772 |
About 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.
Virgin Orbit: Branson's rocket firm permanently ceases operations
...By Peter HoskinsBusiness reporterBritish billionaire Sir Richard Branson s rocket company Virgin Orbit has permanently ceased operations, just months after a major mission failure...
Virgin Orbit: Richard Branson's rocket firm files for bankruptcy
...British billionaire Sir Richard Branson s rocket company Virgin Orbit has filed for bankruptcy in the US after failing to secure new investment...
Virgin Orbit: Sir Richard Branson's rocket company lays off 85% of staff
...By Annabelle LiangBusiness reporterBritish billionaire Sir Richard Branson s rocket company Virgin Orbit says it will lay off 85% of staff after failing to secure new investment...
Virgin Orbit to pause all operations from Thursday
...By Christy CooneyBBC NewsVirgin Orbit is to pause operations from Thursday in an apparent attempt to shore up its finances...
UK space launch: Dislodged fuel filter blamed for rocket failure
...The first ever satellite mission from the UK failed to launch last month because a rocket fuel filter had become dislodged, Virgin Orbit says...
UK rocket failure is a setback, not roadblock
... The rocket suffered an " anomaly" late on Monday night after its release by a jumbo jet operated by the American Virgin Orbit company...
Boris Johnson erased from Grant Shapps spaceport picture
... A jumbo jet operated by the American Virgin Orbit company carried a rocket out of Newquay, Cornwall, to release it over the Atlantic Ocean...
UK space launch: Historic Cornwall rocket launch ends in failure
... A jumbo jet operated by the American Virgin Orbit company carried a rocket out of Newquay, Cornwall, to release it high over the Atlantic Ocean...
Boris Johnson erased from Grant Shapps spaceport picture
Business Secretary Grant Shapps has denied doctoring a picture on his Twitter feed to remove former Prime Minister Boris Johnson .
Mr Shapps posted a picture of a ministerial visit to Spaceport Cornwall, as he hailed The First rocket launch from UK soil.
But Social Media users spotted that Mr Johnson, who also went on The Trip in 2021, had disappeared from the picture.
Mr Shapps says he wasn't aware it had been edited and has now deleted it.
An identical photo remains on The Number 10 Flickr account, dated 9 June 2021.
It shows Mr Johnson and Mr Shapps side-by-side in Cornwall during a visit to LauncherOne.
The then-Conservative leader is wearing a jacket emblazoned with The Words : " Prime Minister ".
A source close to Mr Shapps said: " Grant wasn't aware anyone had edited the picture.
" He removed it as soon as it was pointed out. Obviously he wouldn't endorse anyone Rewriting History by removing the former PM from a picture. "
The First ever satellite mission launched from UK soil ended in failure on Monday, after The Rocket suffered an " anomaly".
A Jumbo Jet operated by the American Virgin Orbit company carried a rocket out of Newquay, Cornwall, to release it over the Atlantic Ocean . The Rocket ignited and appeared to be ascending correctly, before The Mission failed.
The satellites it was carrying could not be released and were Lost .
Source of news: bbc.com
