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Launch FailureVirgin Orbit
LauncherOne: Launch Demo
Payload-free test flight of the LauncherOne vehicle.
Failure:Shortly after release from the carrier plane and several seconds after first stage engine startup, the high-pressure LOX feeding line broke. This resulted in engine shutdown and subsequent flight termination.
Monday, 25 May 2020
Mission Data
🇺🇸Virgin OrbitEst. 2017
Launch VehicleLauncherOne
Vehicle Record4 of 6 launches (66.7%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record4 successes / 2 failures (67%)
Mission TypeTest Flight
Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit
Launch PadMojave Air and Space Port
LocationAir launch to orbit ???
Orbital Launches This Year#35
Agency Launches This Year#1
Launches From This Pad5
Launches From This Site52
Status Note
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
About LauncherOne
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.
Launch Site
Mojave Air and Space Port · 35.0594°N 118.1517°W
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.