Virgin Orbit LauncherOne?

Having been part of the LauncherOne program from the very beginning to the very end, this photo just hurts my brain a bit.

LauncherOne.

5/x Airborne actual space launches (satellites) have been conducted multiple times, e.g. Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne, and Northrop's Pegasus. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northr…

mann I remember back a couple years ago small sat launchers seemed so prominent.... and then Astra and LauncherOne both died

Can't believe it's now been over a decade since I saw their 747 introduced at KSAT. That was when Virgin Galactic was preparing her for use with LauncherOne (RIP).

Little-known fun fact: the upper stage was an entire LauncherOne.

This is a travesty Vulcan is probably the best expendable launch vehicle that will ever exist. And LauncherOne was cool, just operated by a company with terrible business skills. And Saturn I was a shitheap

W 2021 roku firmy SatRev, Saule Technologies oraz Columbus Energy miały okazję współpracować przy okazji projektu o nazwie Misja Andromeda. Wówczas dwa polskie satelity: STORK-4 oraz STORK-5 Marta, zostały wyniesione na orbitę przy pomocy rakiety Virgin Orbit, LauncherOne...

#OTD in 2020 (5 years ago) Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne launched for the first time.

You have been selected to be shot into space! (Willingly or not!) But you get to choose who to send you! Government Agencies: NASA (United States) - Numerous launches including Apollo, Space Shuttle, and various satellite missions. Roscosmos (Russia) - Known for the Soyuz program, among others. CNSA (China) - Launched numerous rockets including Long March series. ISRO (India) - Notable for the PSLV and GSLV launches. CNES (France) - Participated in Ariane launches through the European Space Agency. SUPARCO (Pakistan) - Achieved sub-orbital launches. DLR (German Aerospace Center, Germany) - Contributed to European space efforts. European Space Agency (ESA) - Operates the Ariane series of launch vehicles. JAXA (Japan) - Known for H-IIA, H-IIB, and Epsilon rockets. Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) - Launched the VLS rocket. Israeli Space Agency - Involved in Shavit launches. Private Companies: SpaceX - Falcon 1, Falcon 9, and Falcon Heavy, among others. Blue Origin - New Shepard for sub-orbital flights, working on New Glenn. Orbital Sciences (now Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems) - Taurus, Pegasus, and Antares. Arianespace - Commercial operator of Ariane rockets for ESA. Rocket Lab - Electron rocket for small satellite launches. United Launch Alliance (ULA) - Atlas V, Delta IV, and the upcoming Vulcan Centaur. Virgin Galactic - LauncherOne for small satellites (air-launched). Firefly Aerospace - Alpha rocket for small payload missions. Relativity Space - Developing the Terran 1 rocket. Astra - Rocket 3 for small satellite launches. #zelena Who are you trusting with the mission?

#OTD in 2023 (2 years ago) Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne launched for the final time.

This is something I called out at the time - imagine thinking a rocket smaller than Electron could carry more mass than LauncherOne 💀 Sadly a lot of people lost $ buying into numbers like these (among many other claims, #DailyLaunchBy2025) Video source: youtube.com/watch?v=SrJ_nJt0…

I'm old enough to remember when LauncherOne, RS1, and Terran 1 (aka "most pre-sold rocket in history") signed flashy bulk launch deals as well 😅

At least in the case of Oman it wasn't such a deal: the nation had launched 2 same cubesats built by a Poland company, only for the 1st to fail to reach orbit (on the last LauncherOne from the UK) & the 2nd one failed to deploy (on Falcon 9/Transporter 9). space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/…

$DOG on*LauncherOne*

Pegasus, a last gen solid rocket, cost around 40 million a flight. Electron costs around 8 million. Pegasus could lift 450kg, electron can do around 320. Solids arent inherently cheaper. If you want to compare airlaunch to airlaunch, launcherone was about 12M.

I need Launcherone pics yall