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A 2019 drop-test of LauncherOne from a carrier aircraft … after a four-second freefall, the first stage engine accelerates the rocket to more than 12,800km\/h (Photo: Virgin Orbit)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

September 20, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Virgin Orbit, a US-based company which offers launch services for small satellites, has signed an agreement with Wellcamp Airport to explore a launch facility in Australia.<\/p>\n

Virgin Orbit announced on Tuesday it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Wagner Corporation, which owns and operates Wellcamp Airport.<\/p>\n

The aim is to eventually provide satellite launch services from Wellcamp using Virgin Orbit\u2019s LauncherOne System.<\/p>\n

LauncherOne is a two-stage, air-launched rocket system designed to carry small satellite payloads into orbit.\u00a0It is released at high altitude from a modified 747-400.<\/p>\n

Virgin Orbit and Wagner Corporation are exploring the potential to certify Wellcamp Airport as a national spaceport to perform an orbital launch demonstration as early as 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart said he was looking forward to the day soon when satellites would fly to space from Australia.<\/p>\n

Wagner Corporation chairman John Wagner said the selection of Wellcamp Airport was “extremely exciting and a further significant boost for Queensland and Australia”.<\/p>\n

“Wellcamp Airport and Business Park is on track to becoming one of the most sustainable carbon-neutral destinations internationally,” Mr Wagner said.<\/p>\n

“Virgin Orbit will join Boeing and other international companies as part of Wellcamp\u2019s new world-class, Aerospace and Defence Precinct and Campus, with Stage 1 due for completion by the end of 2024.<\/p>\n

“Attracting global companies such as Virgin Orbit is recognition of the strategic advantages that Wellcamp Airport and the Aerospace and Defence Precinct offers, and we are looking forward to a long and prosperous relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Virgin Orbit’s modified 747-400 takes off from the Mojave Air and Spaceport in California with LauncherOne under its wing (Photo: Virgin Orbit)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A LauncherOne rocket undergoes cryo load testing on the ground in the United States (Photo: Virgin Orbit)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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