26 May 2023, 13:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Orbit is officially dead, and its assets sold to companies in space exploration. The converted Boeing called Cosmic Girl landed at Stratolaunch
4 Apr 2023, 10:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Richard Branson's space company Virgin Orbit officially files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and is actively seeking a new owner
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
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
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
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
23 Dec 2022, 01:45 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Sir Richard Branson will go down in history, as his space company is now officially the one to carry out UK's historic horizontal launch
17 Nov 2022, 05:16 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / It's official - Cornwall is now the first-ever licensed spaceport in the UK, gearing up for the historical event of the nation's first orbital space launch
9 Jun 2022, 05:12 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / An innovative space weather instrumentation suite developed by UK and the U.S. will be launched within this upcoming historic event
11 May 2022, 12:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Virgin Orbit will give the Cosmic Girl satellite-launching aircraft a sibling in 2023, effectively doubling the company's launch capacity
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
2 Feb 2022, 07:12 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant shares his awe-inspiring experiences as part of the flight crew that launched the latest satellites form Cosmic Girl
17 Jan 2022, 08:42 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Britain will write history as it gears up to become the first European country to launch a satellite from its territory, as soon as this summer
30 Jun 2021, 15:31 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Virgin Orbit launched today, June 10th, seven satellites from three different countries into the orbit on its first commercial mission
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
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
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.
17 Jul 2018, 12:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / New Virgin company signs a deal with the Cornwall Airport that would allow it to launch satellites from the underbelly of a Boeing 747