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LauncherOne

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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
16 m
Diameter
1.6 m
Mass
30,000 kg
Stages
2
Payload to LEO
500 kg
First flight
2020-05-25
Total launches
6
Success / Fail
4 / 2

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.

Payloads it launched · 32

SLINGSHOT 1
LEO
GUNSMOKE-L
LEO
MISR-B-1
LEO
RECURVE
LEO
NACHOS-2
LEO
CTIM
LEO
GPX2 3U
LEO
OBJECT A
LEO
TECHEDSAT 13
LEO
STEAMSAT-2
LEO
OBJECT C
LEO
STORK-3
LEO
LEMUR-2-KRYWE
LEO
GEARRS-3
LEO
HALO-NET FF
LEO
CNCE1
LEO
STORK-4
LEO
STORK-5 (MARTA)
LEO
CNCE3
LEO
BRIK-II
LEO
GUNSMOKE-J 4
LEO
CP12 (EXOCUBE 2)
LEO
OBJECT G
LEO
RADFXSAT-2 (AO-109)
LEO