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Announcing the Window for Launch Demo 2

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Launch Demo 2: October Update

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Wrapping Up Our First Launch Demo, and Looking Ahead to Launch Demo 2

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Mission Recap: Our First Launch Demo

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Up Next: Our Final Development Test

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Update on Virgin Orbit Ventilators

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In One Year and Out the Other

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Expanding Our Orbit

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LauncherOne: Shaping Up and Shipping Out

We’ve launched rockets to space from the wing of

We’ve launched rockets to space from the wing of a jet. We’ve delivered commercial, civil, & national security satellites to their target orbits from the end of a runway. And we’re just getting started.

Now, we’re planning to go public on @nasdaq. More: virginorbit.com/investors

In our latest blog for #NationalInternDay, we cele

In our latest blog for #NationalInternDay, we celebrate our interns’ incredible contributions to the LauncherOne rocket program, including our most recent flight #TubularBells, and also learn more about their biggest takeaways from their experience this summer.

Tap the link in our bio and get to know Maor Gozalzani (Integration), Sophie Eberhardt (Propulsion), and Donovan N’Gum (Avionics)!

We were honored to host Bob Canana & colleagues du

We were honored to host Bob Canana & colleagues during his first West Coast trip since taking on the role of @NASA Associate Administrator. Our team loves supporting NASA missions, and we’re always grateful for opportunities to show off our rocket factory and hardware!

We are very honored and proud to see that our own

We are very honored and proud to see that our own Dan Hart has been named as one of Aviation Week's 2021 Laureates! Congratulations to all of the "engines of innovation in aerospace and aviation" chosen for this prestigious honor.

Flying LauncherOne into orbit is a remarkable achi

Flying LauncherOne into orbit is a remarkable achievement only made possible by the collaborative efforts of ~500 equally remarkable individuals here at Virgin Orbit. We’re so proud to be celebrating our second successful launch as a team! #TubularBells

#TubularBells in four images. Cosmic Girl and La

#TubularBells in four images.

Cosmic Girl and LauncherOne performed flawlessly during our mission to space yesterday — from Mojave, California, all the way to 500 km above the Earth's surface.

The Virgin Orbit team completed another flawless m

The Virgin Orbit team completed another flawless mission to space today, deploying a total of 7 customer satellites into Low Earth Orbit. #TubularBells

We couldn't be more proud of our incredible team and our one-of-a-kind launch system! One mission at a time, LauncherOne is revolutionizing the way we think about and get to space. Here's to many more missions — and soon!

Our engineers will be diving into the data collected today in short order, and we'll share more info, photos and videos soon. In case you weren't able to watch the livestream in real-time, just hop on over to our YouTube page to relive the experience. (Link in bio)

It's a beautiful day to fly to space! Join us as w

It's a beautiful day to fly to space! Join us as we launch our Tubular Bells: Part One mission today, carrying payloads to orbit for three customers from three different countries.

We're so excited to bring you real-time views from Mojave via our mission livestream. Like our previous launch, we'll also live-tweet the mission as we progress through major milestones, which you can follow along on Twitter @VirginOrbit. Currently, we anticipate taking off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California around 6:50 AM PDT/1:50 PM UTC.

Tap the link in our bio to watch the livestream!

Mojave operations are running smoothly as the team

Mojave operations are running smoothly as the team makes final preparations for tomorrow’s mission to space. We’re still on track to hit our launch window, which opens at 6 AM PDT/1 PM UTC. #TubularBells

The mission livestream premieres tomorrow at 5:30 AM PDT/12:30 PM UTC on our Youtube - tap the link in our bio!

As our countdown to #TubularBells continues, we’

As our countdown to #TubularBells continues, we’re excited to announce that @satrevolution_ has selected us to launch their “constellation of constellations” — a mission series that kicks off tomorrow with the launch of their first two STORK satellites. Check out our latest blog on virginorbit.com for more.

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