Virgin Orbit

Virgin Orbit: First UK satellite launch ends in failure

The first satellite launch from British soil ended in failure after a technical fault in Virgin Orbi...

George Simister

Deep Tech / Tue 10 Jan 2023

Virgin Orbit launch: Everything you need to know about historic Cornwall rocket mission

Virgin Orbit has been given the go-ahead for the first orbital satellite launch from the UK, with th...

George Simister

Deep Tech / Mon 9 Jan 2023

Virgin Orbit granted licence to take off from Spaceport Cornwall

Virgin Orbit has been granted a licence to launch satellites from Spaceport Cornwall, paving the way...

George Simister

Deep Tech / Wed 21 Dec 2022

Virgin Orbit delays first launch at Spaceport Cornwall due to ‘technical’ issues

The first launch from Spaceport Cornwall has been delayed until next year after Richard Branson's Vi...

George Simister

Deep Tech / Thu 8 Dec 2022

Spaceport Cornwall gets launch licence in small step for British space flight

Spaceport Cornwall has been granted the UK's first spaceport licence, paving the way for the facilit...

George Simister

Deep Tech / Wed 16 Nov 2022

Virgin Orbit to launch its first UK satellite from Cornwall

Richard Branson's satellite launch company Virgin Orbit has said it will have its first internationa...

George Simister

Deep Tech / Mon 4 Jul 2022