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Virgin Orbit Performs First Test Launch of LauncherOne Rocket. But Debut Flight Fails.

May 27, 2020 Stefano D'Urso

The test failed prematurely because of an unknown rocket anomaly. A little less than one year after the first drop test, Virgin Orbit conducted a launch demonstration of the LauncherOne rocket on May 25, 2020. […]

Virgin Orbit Stages First Launch Vehicle Test Drop from Boeing 747 Over Mojave

July 11, 2019 Tom Demerly

Test Drop of LauncherOne Unpowered Test Rocket Verifies Separation Technology. Sir Richard Branson’s company, Virgin Orbit, conducted a successful test drop of an unpowered LauncherOne rocket on Wednesday, July 10, over California’s Mojave Desert near […]