Virgin Orbit

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aerospace company defunct company launch service provider

Virgin Orbit was a satellite launch company within Richard Branson’s Virgin Group that specialized in air-launched orbital rockets deployed from a modified Boeing 747.

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Label Occurrences
Virgin Orbit canonical 21
Virgin Orbit Holdings, Inc. 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aerospace company ⓘ
defunct company ⓘ
launch service provider ⓘ
assetDisposition assets sold at auction in 2023 ⓘ
bankruptcyType Chapter 11 bankruptcy ⓘ
ceasedOperations 2023 ⓘ
competitor Astra Space ⓘ
Rocket Lab ⓘ
SpaceX ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfIncorporation United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
customer NASA ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Department of Defense

commercial satellite operators ⓘ
Dan HartRole Chief Executive Officer ⓘ
filedForBankruptcy 2023 ⓘ
firstLaunchAttemptDate May 2020 ⓘ
firstLaunchAttemptOutcome failure ⓘ
firstOrbitalMissionName Launch Demo 2 ⓘ
firstOrbitalMissionOutcome success ⓘ
firstSuccessfulOrbitalLaunch January 2021 ⓘ
founder Richard Branson ⓘ
headquartersLocation Long Beach ⓘ
surface form: Long Beach, California
industry satellite launch services ⓘ
space industry ⓘ
IPOStatus publicly traded via SPAC merger ⓘ
keyPerson Dan Hart ⓘ
launchMethod air launch to orbit ⓘ
launchPlatform modified Boeing 747 ⓘ
launchPlatformName Cosmic Girl ⓘ
launchSite Mojave Air and Space Port ⓘ
Spaceport Cornwall ⓘ
launchSystem LauncherOne ⓘ
notableMission STP-27VP ⓘ
operatedFrom 2017 ⓘ
parentCompany Virgin Group ⓘ
primaryMarket CubeSats ⓘ
small satellites ⓘ
propellantType liquid-fueled rocket ⓘ
reasonForShutdown inability to secure sufficient funding ⓘ
rocketType two-stage orbital launch vehicle ⓘ
serviceModel dedicated smallsat launches ⓘ
responsive launch ⓘ
SPACMergerCompletion 2021 ⓘ
specialization air-launched orbital rockets ⓘ
spunOffFrom Virgin Galactic ⓘ
stockExchangeListing NASDAQ ⓘ
surface form: Nasdaq
technologyFeature ability to launch from conventional runways ⓘ
flexible launch azimuths ⓘ
tickerSymbol VORB ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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Richard Branson → founderOf → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
Virgin Group → owns → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
Virgin Group → subsidiary → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
Virgin → brandOwner → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
subject surface form: Virgin Group
Cosmic Girl → operator → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
LauncherOne → manufacturer → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
LauncherOne → developer → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
LauncherOne → launchOperator → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
Spaceport Cornwall → operator → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
Spaceport Cornwall → primaryLaunchProvider → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
Spaceport Cornwall → associatedWith → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
Launch Demo 2 → operator → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
Launch Demo 2 → launchServiceProvider → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
Launch Demo 2 → launchVehicleManufacturer → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
Launch Demo 2 → aircraftOperator → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
STP-27VP → launchServiceProvider → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
STP-27VP → relatedTo → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
VORB → represents → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgin Orbit Holdings, Inc.
VORB → underlyingCompany → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgin Orbit Holdings, Inc.
Virgin Management → associatedBrand → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
Branson family → associatedWith → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
Dan Hart → employer → Virgin Orbit ⓘ
Dan Hart → hasEmployer → Virgin Orbit ⓘ