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  1. RE: mastodon.social/@europeanspace

    🇮🇹 Air-launched systems have had a complicated history. #Pegasus and #VirginOrbit’s #LauncherOne neither achieved commercial sustainability. Pegasus suffered a sharp decline in its launch cadence as customers migrated to lower-cost rideshare alternatives, and Virgin Orbit entered bankruptcy in 2023 after only six flights.

    #LaunchCost #Italy

  2. RE: mastodon.social/@europeanspace

    🇮🇹 Air-launched systems have had a complicated history. #Pegasus and #VirginOrbit’s #LauncherOne neither achieved commercial sustainability. Pegasus suffered a sharp decline in its launch cadence as customers migrated to lower-cost rideshare alternatives, and Virgin Orbit entered bankruptcy in 2023 after only six flights.

    #LaunchCost #Italy

  3. RE: mastodon.social/@europeanspace

    🇮🇹 Air-launched systems have had a complicated history. #Pegasus and #VirginOrbit’s #LauncherOne neither achieved commercial sustainability. Pegasus suffered a sharp decline in its launch cadence as customers migrated to lower-cost rideshare alternatives, and Virgin Orbit entered bankruptcy in 2023 after only six flights.

    #LaunchCost #Italy

  4. RE: mastodon.social/@europeanspace

    🇮🇹 Air-launched systems have had a complicated history. #Pegasus and #VirginOrbit’s #LauncherOne neither achieved commercial sustainability. Pegasus suffered a sharp decline in its launch cadence as customers migrated to lower-cost rideshare alternatives, and Virgin Orbit entered bankruptcy in 2023 after only six flights.

    #LaunchCost #Italy

  5. RE: mastodon.social/@europeanspace

    🇮🇹 Air-launched systems have had a complicated history. #Pegasus and #VirginOrbit’s #LauncherOne neither achieved commercial sustainability. Pegasus suffered a sharp decline in its launch cadence as customers migrated to lower-cost rideshare alternatives, and Virgin Orbit entered bankruptcy in 2023 after only six flights.

    #LaunchCost #Italy

  6. From the Ars Technica Rocket Report:

    arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/

    "Virgin Orbit IP for sale on LinkedIn. In a post this week on the social networking site LinkedIn, former Virgin Orbit chief executive Dan Hart said that the Virgin Orbit IP library is being made available for licensing."

    linkedin.com/posts/dan-hart-08

    #VirginOrbit #space #rockets #LauncherOne #technology

  7. Documental en la cadena británica Channel 4 sobre el último vuelo de #LauncherOne de #VirginOrbit donde sale el video que grabé desde mi estación de bólidos durante la reentrada fallida de la 2ª etapa youtu.be/sSt1msnqrvk

  8. Hmm...I'm not sure the old leadership can keep VO going for long, but who knows...

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    RT @VirginOrbit
    Our CEO Dan Hart gathered the team last week at the factory in Long Beach to discuss our go forward plan focused on getting #LauncherOne back to orbit. Learn more about the factory behind our technology: youtu.be/BiZs9VuwGew
    twitter.com/VirginOrbit/status

  9. #Reuters:

    "WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) - Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit Holdings .. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday after .. company failed to secure the long-term funding needed to help it recover from a January rocket failure."

    reuters.com/business/aerospace

    #LauncherOne #Raketen #Raumfahrt #Branson #RichardBranson #Spaceflight #Virgin #VirginOrbit

    4.4.2023

  10. #BBC:

    "#VirginOrbit to pause all operations from Thursday"

    ".. pause operations from Thursday in an apparent attempt to shore up its finances."

    "Almost all employees .. will reportedly also be furloughed."

    "Bosses told staff about the move at a meeting on Wednesday, saying a further update would be provided next week."

    bbc.com/news/science-environme

    #Branson #LauncherOne #Raketen #Raumfahrt #RichardBranson #spaceflight #Virgin

    16.3.2023

  11. "Virgin Orbit update on UK mission anomaly" by #VirginOrbit - January 9 #LauncherOne rocket launch failure investigation focusing on 2nd stage fuel line which was or became detached virginorbit.com/the-latest/vir #NewSpace #aviation #avgeek

  12. #VirginOrbit #LauncherOne failure : “Everything points to a filter that was clearly there when we assembled the rocket but was not there as the second stage engine started, meaning it was dislodged and caused mischief downstream.This is like a $100 part that took us out.” spacenews.com/virgin-orbit-nar

  13. "#VirginOrbit narrows down cause of #LauncherOne failure"

    ".. still premature to formally declare the root cause of the failed Jan. 9 flight of the company’s LauncherOne rocket .."

    ".. filter that was clearly there when we assembled the rocket but was not there as the second stage engine started, meaning it was dislodged and caused mischief downstream,"

    spacenews.com/virgin-orbit-nar

    #Branson #Spaceflight #StartMeUp #Rakete #Raumfahrt #Virgin

    7.2.2023

  14. "At an altitude of approximately 180 km, the upper stage experienced an anomaly. This anomaly prematurely ended the first burn of the upper stage. This event ended the mission." This doesn't really tell us anything new does it? 🤷‍♂️ The cautionary statement regarding forward looking statements is longer than the actual press release.
    #VirginOrbit #LauncherOne #StartMeUp businesswire.com/news/home/202

  15. Virgin Orbit: Nach gescheitertem Raketenstart offenbar mit großen Geldproblemen

    Der erste kommerzielle Raketenstart von Westeuropa aus, ist in der Nacht zu Dienstag gescheitert. Für Virgin Orbit könnte das drastische Folgen haben.

    heise.de/news/Virgin-Orbit-Nac

    #CosmicGirl #Großbritannien #LauncherOne #Raumfahrt #VirginOrbit #News

  16. Why does the press have to be so negative about #LauncherOne anomaly? It happens. How about boosting the moral of the people who've worked hard on it and having pride that we now have a space center in the UK?

  17. El Centro Espacial de Canarias detecta la última señal del cohete perdido de Virgin Orbit laprovincia.es/gran-canaria/20

    «"Recibimos la señal a las 23:16 horas UTC y a las 23:18:44 se perdió la comunicación", dijo el responsable de operaciones, que añadió que la señal fue detectada por una de las antenas más grande que tiene el centro espacial, de 15 metros de superficie».

    #Espacio #LauncherOne

  18. The reentry of the #LauncherOne from #VirginOrbit's #Cornwall lauch was recorded by a meteor camera on Lanzarote: the analysis sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2023/ now demonstrates that the rocket's second stage had burned for a while but not enough to lift it and the nine satellites into orbit. From Virgin there is only the statement virginorbit.com/the-latest/his so far, perhaps the video helps in finding the cause of the stage's failure.

  19. Well, based on other people's comments elsewhere, I've reviewed the webcast for the #LauncherOne #StartMeUp failure. And I noticed a fatal bug on the telemetry screen.

    @VirginOrbit has generously provided data on fuel amount, line pressure, voltage etc. & sth fishy does show up.

  20. #RedSPMN RECORDING OF #LauncherOne #REENTRY NORTHWEST OF CANARY ISLANDS as imaged yesterday at 23:18:46 UTC by Ramón López @stargazerlanzarote @RedSpmn
    from Playa Blanca, #Lanzarote. An example of the role of fireball networks in tracking artificial bolides

  21. The first attempt to launch satellites from the UK using Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl ended in failure as the second stage did not perform as planned. This video from a fixed camera on the Canaries shows the reentry.

    Credit: Ramón López twitter.com/StargazerLzt/

    #startmeup
    #launcherone

  22. Espectacular reentrada del Virgin LauncherOne (que no pudo ponerse en órbita), captada desde Lanzarote por Ramón López @stargazerlanzarote youtube.com/watch?v=yUhxkPp4Mc

    #Espacio #LauncherOne

  23. at that speed you wont perish, you ll go straight to the past, morty!

    #virginorbit #virgin #orbit #uk #space #rocketone #launcher #launcherone #backtothefuture #delorean #british

    ...at least it didnt create a black hole with all that energy

    but joke aside, sorry for the loss guys. honestly!

  24. at that speed you wont perish, you ll go straight to the past, morty!

    #virginorbit #virgin #orbit #uk #space #rocketone #launcher #launcherone #backtothefuture #delorean #british

    ...at least it didnt create a black hole with all that energy

    but joke aside, sorry for the loss guys. honestly!

  25. at that speed you wont perish, you ll go straight to the past, morty!

    #virginorbit #virgin #orbit #uk #space #rocketone #launcher #launcherone #backtothefuture #delorean #british

    ...at least it didnt create a black hole with all that energy

    but joke aside, sorry for the loss guys. honestly!

  26. at that speed you wont perish, you ll go straight to the past, morty!

    #virginorbit #virgin #orbit #uk #space #rocketone #launcher #launcherone #backtothefuture #delorean #british

    ...at least it didnt create a black hole with all that energy

    but joke aside, sorry for the loss guys. honestly!

  27. at that speed you wont perish, you ll go straight to the past, morty!

    #virginorbit #virgin #orbit #uk #space #rocketone #launcher #launcherone #backtothefuture #delorean #british

    ...at least it didnt create a black hole with all that energy

    but joke aside, sorry for the loss guys. honestly!

  28. 1/3
    The REENTRY of the #LauncherOne rocket from the failed @VirginOrbit "Start me Up" launch was recorded from Lanzarotte by Ramón López last night, around 23:20 UTC (00:20 CET):

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    RT @RedSpmn
    RECORDING OF #LauncherOne #REENTRY NORTHWEST OF CANARY ISLANDS as imaged yesterday at 23:18:46 UTC by Ramón López @StargazerLzt @RedSpmn from Playa Blanca, #Lanzarote. An example of the role of fireball networks in tracking artificial bolides
    @vir
    twitter.com/RedSpmn/status/161

  29. El cohete #LauncherOne de @[email protected] ha sufrido una anomalía durante su lanzamiento y no ha conseguido llegar a orbita.

  30. 🚀 La fusée #LauncherOne, lancée depuis le Royaume-Uni hier, n’a pas atteint l’orbite à cause d’une «anomalie». La mission devait permettre au pays de rejoindre le rang des nations capables d’envoyer des engins spatiaux depuis leur sol. liberation.fr/sciences/espace/

  31. Look, I’m not one for conspiracy, but the #LauncherOne mission was going just fine while I was following live but then I close my computer and it all goes to shit. 🤔

  32. Virgin Orbit: Historischer Raketenstart aus England gescheitert

    Direkt nach dem Start der Rakete von dem Trägerflugzeug sah noch alles gut aus, dann trat eine "Anomalie" auf. Was genau passiert ist, ist noch unklar.

    heise.de/news/Virgin-Orbit-His

    #CosmicGirl #LauncherOne #Raumfahrt #RichardBranson #Satellit #VirginOrbit #News

  33. I would be fairly certain that the #LauncherOne undergoes the "BBQ roll" because #VirginOrbit 's comms team vetoed the engineers decision to have the rocket be spitroasted

    #UKspace #SpaceportCornwall #Space #rocket #pr #communications

  34. While the #CosmicGirl is airborne and approaching the drop zone for the #LauncherOne rocket the second #AAS241 presser "Mergers, Bursts & Jets" - aas.org/meetings/aas241/press- - is beginning: youtube.com/watch?v=JON3g4TAaY