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Virgin OrbitLauncherOneMojave Air and Space Port, Air launch to orbit
Straight Up
Launched
July 2, 2022
Summary
Straight Up launched on a Virgin Orbit LauncherOne from Mojave Air and Space Port, Air launch to orbit on July 2, 2022. It was Virgin Orbit's 5th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 6,259th orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th LauncherOne flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Recurve, one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 499 × 505 km orbit inclined 45.0°. 8 objects from this launch are catalogued, 7 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- LauncherOne · Virgin Orbit
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 5th LauncherOne flight · 2nd this yearVirgin Orbit's 5th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 6,259th orbital launch attempt77th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Recurve · NORAD 52944 · 2022-074 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 8 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-075A
- Epoch
- 2022-07-02 13:23:39 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.23538838 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0004458
- Inclination
- 44.9986°
- Ascending node
- 116.2715°
- Arg. of perigee
- 279.8106°
- Mean anomaly
- 254.087°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
8 catalogued: 7 payloads, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- Recurve · NORAD 52944 · re-entered August 2, 2024
- NACHOS-2 · NORAD 52945 · re-entered June 27, 2024
- Slingshot 1 · NORAD 52947 · re-entered September 11, 2024
- GPX-2 · NORAD 52948 · re-entered May 8, 2024
- MISR-B-1 · NORAD 52949 · re-entered October 5, 2023
- CTIM-FD · NORAD 52950 · re-entered December 7, 2023
- Gunsmoke-L · NORAD 52951 · re-entered December 28, 2023
LauncherOne R06 Stage 2 · re-entered December 7, 2023
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Launch contracted by the U.S. Space Force for the Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP), with payloads provided by the DoD Space Test Program (STP) as part of the Space Force’s STP-28A mission. It will carry seven satellites from multiple government agencies that are experiments intended to demonstrate novel modular satellite bus, space domain awareness, and adaptive radio frequency technologies. The target orbit is approximately 500 km above the Earth’s surface at 45 degrees inclination.
Related page: VIRGIN ORBIT ANNOUNCES NEXT LAUNCH, DUBBED ‘STRAIGHT UP’
Pad
Mojave Air and Space Port, Air launch to orbit
5th launch from Mojave Air and Space Port, 2nd this year · 50th from Air launch to orbit
5 launches from this pad · 52 from Air launch to orbit
169 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success
Show 8 earlier updates
Release, 1st stage ignition
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/2/2022 · source
Take-off ~05:40 UTC -> Drop-off ~06:40 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/2/2022 · source
Setting GO
SwGustav · 7/1/2022 · source
Scrubbed due to propellant temperature issues
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/30/2022 · source
Pushing T-0 to account for takeoff and climb
Nosu · 6/29/2022 · source
GO for launch
Nosu · 6/27/2022 · source
Adding launch window
Nosu · 6/9/2022 · source
Adding launch NET June 30 UTC
Nosu · 5/9/2022 · source
Questions
When did Straight Up launch?
Straight Up launched on July 2, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Straight Up?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Straight Up?
LauncherOne, flown by Virgin Orbit. LauncherOne spec sheet
Where did Straight Up launch from?
Mojave Air and Space Port, Air launch to orbit.
What orbit did Straight Up reach?
Recurve, one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 499 × 505 km orbit inclined 45.0°.
How many satellites did Straight Up launch?
7 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).