Fuel Filter Brought Down Virgin Orbit’s Start Me Up UK-Launched Rocket
15 Feb 2023, 12:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Orbit releases the first details on its investigation into the failure of the Start Me Up mission, and it all comes down to a fuel filter
How Virgin Orbit Launches Space Rockets From an Airplane
22 Jan 2023, 04:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Orbit has five horizontal space mission launches under its belt, we take a closer look at how one such event unfolds
Virgin Orbit’s Start Me Up UK Mission Reaches Space and Then Fails
10 Jan 2023, 09:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Orbit successfully launched the Start Me Up mission, the first to take off from British soil, then a technical glitch prevented the rocket to reach orbit
Virgin Cosmic Girl Ready to Carry UK’s First Orbital Mission, Window Opens on January 9
6 Jan 2023, 14:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Orbit is now closer than ever to launching the first orbital mission to depart the United Kingdom, mission window opens next week
UK Gears up for a Historic Launch This Summer, the First of Its Kind from Western Europe
11 May 2022, 05:33 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Virgin Orbit's Launcher One will be used to launch UK-made satellites from British territory for the first time in history
Virgin Orbit LauncherOne Ready for Major Mid-Flight Ignition Test
25 May 2020, 18:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This week's Virgin Orbit test will the first calling for the LauncherOne rocket to ignite its engine mid-flight, opening the door for horizontal space launches
Virgin Orbit Cosmic Girl Airplane Drops LauncherOne in Successful Test
11 Jul 2019, 11:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Orbit conducts its first drop test of the LauncherOne using the modified Boeing 747-400 aircraft called Cosmic Girl as a launch platform
Virgin Cosmic Girl Gets Fitted with Rocket-Carrying Bracket
3 Sep 2018, 09:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Orbit fits the LauncherOne bracket on the Boeing 747 airplane it calls Cosmic Girl, captive flight tests to follow.