LauncherOne

Virgin Orbit LauncherOne.

US 2-stage rocket released from a Boeing 747-400 from the USA and possibly from Japan and Brazil (Alcantara). Aims to orbit 200 kg to sun-synchronous and 400 kg to LEO. Should cost $10 million per launch

The company filled for Chapter 11 in April 2023. Some assets should be purchased by Electron.

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LauncherOne launches

#	Launch id	Payload	Launch Date	Site	Type	Status/Comment (orbit in perigee x apogee x inclination x period)
1	FTO	Starshine 4 Internsat	25 May 2020 at 19:50 UT	M		Failure: after 9 seconds of flight the engine shutdown. It was traced to a break in a propellant feed line
2	21002	A: Cape 3 B: Polarcube C: RadFXSat 2 E: Prometheus 2.11 F: Mitee 1 L: Polysat CP12 N: Prometheus 2.8 Cactus 1 (3U) M: Q-Pace (3U) PICS 1 & 2 (1U) TechEdSat-7 (2U)	17 Jan 2021 at 19:38 UT	M		492 x 516 km x 60.7° ELaNa 20 mission
3	21058	B: Stork 5 C: Stork 4 D: CNCE 3 E: CNCE 1 F: Brik 2 G: Halo-Net FF H: Gunsmoke-J 4	30 Jun 2021 at 14.47 UTC	M
4	22003	B: TechEdSat 13 D: Gearrs 3 E: Stork 3 F: Lemur 2 / Adler G: Steamsat 2 PAN A and B (3U)	13 Jan 2022 at 22:52 UTC	M		500 km x 45°
5	22074	7 cubesats for STP-S28A mission: A: Recurve B: Nachos 2 D: Slingshot 1 E: GPX-2 F: MISR B1 G: CTIM-FD Gunsmoke L	2 Jul 2022 at 06:53 UTC	M		500 km x 45°
6	n/a	Amber (6U) Prometheus 2-1 Prometheus 2-2 CIRCE 1 CIRCE 2 DOVER ForgeStar 0 (3U) AMAN (3U) Stork 6	9 Jan 2023 at 22:04 UTC	N		Failure: second stage shutdown because of a disloged fuel filter

Notes: M: Mojave Air and Space Port; N: Newquay airport, Cornwall, UK

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