MISSION NAME
Launch Demo 2 (VCLS ELaNa XX) 2
Status
Success
DATE
17 JAN 2021
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Virgin Orbit
Launch Pad
Mojave Air and Space Port
Description
This is Virgin Orbit's second attempt to launch the LauncherOne rocket. It also carries cubesats which were contracted by NASA through Venture Class Launch Services contract.
LauncherOne
Rocket Description
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.