Success
Tubular Bells, Part One
Dedicated Rideshare
Virgin Orbit(VO)Commercial
LauncherOne
LEOorbit
The mission includes three cubesats for US Department of Defense which are launched as a part of the DoS Space Test Program (STP); the Netherland's first military satellite, a cubesat called BRIK II; and two optical satellites, STORK-4 and STORK-5, for SatRevolution's STORK constellation. The mission name, "Tubular Bells, Part One", references the first music album released by Virgin Records label in the 1970s. The label was established by Virgin Orbit CEO Richard Branson.
Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 2:47 PM
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,098
VO Mission
#3
Pad Launch
#3
Location Launch
#48
Designator
2021-058
Launch Window
NET
Jun 30, 2021, 2:47 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Lift Off
2:00 PM
Window Open
4:00 PM
Window Close
LauncherOne Specs
LauncherOne is a two stage orbital launch vehicle developed by Virgin Orbit since 2007. It is an air launch to orbit rocket, designed to launch "smallsat" payloads of 300 kilograms (660 lb) into a Sun-synchronous orbit, following air launch from a carrier aircraft at high altitude.
Length
16 m
Diameter
1.6 m
Launch Mass
30 t
Thrust
327 kN
LEO Capacity
500 kg
SSO Capacity
300 kg
Launch Cost
$12M
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2020
Fastest Turnaround
5mo 13d
Total Launches
6
Successful
4
Failed
2
Consecutive Success
0
Maiden flight: May 25, 2020
Social Flight Log
- Jun 30, 2021, 5:33 PM
Launch success confirmed
Source - Jun 30, 2021, 2:48 PM
LauncherOne has separated from Cosmic Girl and ignited its first stage.
Source - Jun 30, 2021, 8:46 AM
Launch window 14:00-16:00 UTC based on takeoff time.
Source - Jun 28, 2021, 2:58 AM
NOTAMs issued.
Source - Jun 24, 2021, 12:53 AM
New launch date.
Source - Jun 7, 2021, 3:26 AM
Rolling back previous update as the notice might not be related.
Source - Jun 5, 2021, 3:18 PM
Added launch date per air space closure notices.
Source
Air launch to orbit
Total Launches
51
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
35.0594, -118.1517
Virgin Orbit
Virgin Orbit is a company within the Virgin Group which plans to provide launch services for small satellites. The company was formed in 2017 to develop the air-launched LauncherOne rocket, launched from Cosmic Girl, which had previously been a project of Virgin Galactic. Based in Long Beach, California, Virgin Orbit has more than 300 employees led by president Dan Hart, a former vice president of government satellite systems at Boeing. Virgin Orbit focuses on small satellite launch, which is one of three capabilities being focused on by Virgin Galactic. These capabilities are: human spaceflight operations, small satellite launch, and advanced aerospace design, manufacturing, and test
Founded
2017
Administrator
President: Dan Hart
Total Launches
6
Successful
4
Failed
2
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
0