{"id":21995,"date":"2023-04-21T19:36:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T11:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/is-virgin-orbit-still-alive-apparently-so-and-want-to-launch-again-this-year\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T19:36:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T11:36:07","slug":"is-virgin-orbit-still-alive-apparently-so-and-want-to-launch-again-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/is-virgin-orbit-still-alive-apparently-so-and-want-to-launch-again-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Virgin Orbit still alive? Apparently so, and want to launch again this year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What has Virgin Orbit been up to?<\/h2>\n

Several tweets over the past few weeks show the company hasn\u2019t shut down entirely. While the company is still looking for outside investment, CEO Dan Hart seems to want some team members to push forward with getting LauncherOne back flying.<\/p>\n

First, a tweet was posted on April 11 that shared that Hart gave his plan to its remaining employees for how to get back to flight. The post also showed some hardware for assembling the company\u2019s eighth rocket. An update tweet later showed the Newton-3 engine being installed into LauncherOne\u2019s first stage.<\/p>\n

Second, there was an update on Virgin Orbit\u2019s 747 aircraft called CosmicGirl conducting a simulated launch run off the coast of California. CosmicGirl is the aircraft that carries LaunchOne off the side of its left wing using extra support left by Boeing for spare engine transport. CosmicGirl came from Virgin Atlantic and was initially purchased by Virgin Galactic before Orbit was spun off.<\/p>\n

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