LauncherOne: Virgin Orbit’s Dedicated Launch Vehicle for Small Satellites & Impact to the Space Enterprise Vision

Mandy Vaughn, VOX Space, Jeff Kwong, VOX Space, Will Pomerantz, Virgin Orbit

Keywords: Space situational awareness, space-based space surveillance, small satellites, commercial space

Abstract:

Virgin Orbit is developing a space transportation service to provide an affordable, reliable, and responsive dedicated ride to orbit for smaller payloads. No longer will small satellite users be forced to make a choice between accepting the limitations of flight as a secondary payload, paying dramatically more for a dedicated launch vehicle, or dealing with the added complexity associated with export control requirements and international travel to distant launch sites.

Date of Conference: September 19-22, 2017

Track: Poster

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