LauncherOne
Virgin OrbitRetired
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.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 327 kN
- Height
- 16 m
- Diameter
- 1.6 m
- Launch mass
- 30 t
- Stages
- 2
- Launch cost
- $12M
- LEO capacity
- 500 kg
- SSO capacity
- 300 kg
Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.
Flight record
6flightswith a definitive outcome
66.7%success rate4 of 6
0success streakcurrent
Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.