Virgin Orbit

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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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Virgin Orbit canonical 21
Virgin Orbit Holdings, Inc. 2

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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

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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 associatedWith Virgin Orbit
Launch Demo 2 operator Virgin Orbit
Launch Demo 2 launchServiceProvider 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