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Virgin OrbitLauncherOneMojave Air and Space Port, Air launch to orbit
Launch Demo 2
Launched
January 17, 2021
Summary
Launch Demo 2 (VCLS ELaNa XX) launched on a Virgin Orbit LauncherOne from Mojave Air and Space Port, Air launch to orbit on January 17, 2021. It was Virgin Orbit's 2nd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,039th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd LauncherOne flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Polar Orbit (PO). CAPE 3, one of 13 catalogued objects, reached a 499 × 525 km orbit inclined 60.7°. 13 objects from this launch are catalogued, 12 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- LauncherOne · Virgin Orbit
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Dedicated Rideshare · Polar Orbit (PO)
- Milestone
- 2nd LauncherOne flight · 1st this yearVirgin Orbit's 2nd launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,039th orbital launch attempt2nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
CAPE 3 · NORAD 47309 · 2021-002 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 13 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- UNKNOWN
- Epoch
- 2021-01-18 03:18:42 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.20370985 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0018796
- Inclination
- 60.7085°
- Ascending node
- 133.7247°
- Arg. of perigee
- 288.8229°
- Mean anomaly
- 149.877°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: PO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
13 catalogued: 12 payloads, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- CAPE 3 · NORAD 47309 · re-entered February 21, 2024
- PolarCube · NORAD 47310 · re-entered June 6, 2023
- RadFxSat-2 · NORAD 47311 · re-entered April 21, 2024
- TechEdSat-7 · NORAD 47312 · re-entered May 4, 2022
- Prometheus 2.11 · NORAD 47313 · re-entered May 2, 2023
- MiTEE 1 · NORAD 47314 · re-entered June 15, 2023
- ExoCube 2 · NORAD 47319 · re-entered April 30, 2024
- Prometheus 2.8 · NORAD 47345 · re-entered April 27, 2023
- Q-PACE · re-entered January 9, 2024
- PICS 1 · re-entered April 25, 2024
- PICS 2 · re-entered May 2, 2024
- CACTUS-1 · re-entered December 18, 2023
LauncherOne R03 Stage 2 · re-entered June 7, 2023
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
This is Virgin Orbit's second attempt to launch the LauncherOne rocket. It also carries cubesats which were contracted by NASA through Venture Class Launch Services contract.
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Pad
Mojave Air and Space Port, Air launch to orbit
2nd launch from Mojave Air and Space Port, 1st this year · 46th from Air launch to orbit
5 launches from this pad · 52 from Air launch to orbit
236 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Show 9 earlier updates
Adjusting T-0
SwGustav · 1/17/2021 · source
Updating T-0
SwGustav · 1/17/2021 · source
Correcting launch window.
spacevogel · 1/17/2021 · source
Still no official updates today, setting TBC
SwGustav · 1/17/2021
NET Jan 17th
SwGustav · 1/12/2021 · source
spacevogel · 1/7/2021 · source
Setting GO
SwGustav · 1/5/2021 · source
Nosu · 12/31/2020 · source
"..currently, the window is likely to be mid-January"
spacevogel · 12/23/2020 · source
Questions
When did Launch Demo 2 (VCLS ELaNa XX) launch?
Launch Demo 2 (VCLS ELaNa XX) launched on January 17, 2021. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Launch Demo 2 (VCLS ELaNa XX)?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Launch Demo 2 (VCLS ELaNa XX)?
LauncherOne, flown by Virgin Orbit. LauncherOne spec sheet
Where did Launch Demo 2 (VCLS ELaNa XX) launch from?
Mojave Air and Space Port, Air launch to orbit.
What orbit did Launch Demo 2 (VCLS ELaNa XX) reach?
CAPE 3, one of 13 catalogued objects, reached a 499 × 525 km orbit inclined 60.7°.
How many satellites did Launch Demo 2 (VCLS ELaNa XX) launch?
12 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).