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Virgin Orbit |
Launcher One |
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Overall Vehicle |
Operational (from aeroplane) | from | 25.05.2020 | |
| to | 09.01.2023 | |||
| Orbital flights | 6 | |||
| Payload weight | t | LEO | ~0.05 | |
| Gross liftoff weight | t | ~26.15 | ||
| Gross propellant weight | t | ~22.75 | ||
| Total length | m | 21.34 | ||
| Max. diameter (span) | m | |||
| Total liftoff thrust (s.l.) | kN | 326.9 | ||
| Total impulse (vac) | MN*s | 66.9 | ||
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Fairing |
Total length | m | ~4.0 | |
| Diameter | m | 1.27 | ||
| Total weight | t | ~0.1 | ||
| Stage 3 |
Name |
(Kick stage) | ||
| Length | m | - | ||
| Diameter | m | |||
| Liftoff weight | t | |||
| Propellant weight | t | |||
| Engines | ||||
| Propellant | ||||
| Total thrust (vac) | kN | |||
| Specific impulse (vac) | N*s/kg | |||
| Burn time | s | |||
| Total impulse (vac) | MN*s | |||
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Stage 2 |
Name | |||
| Length | m | |||
| Diameter | m | 1.27 | ||
| Liftoff weight | t | ~3.00 | ||
| Propellant weight | t | ~2.75 | ||
| Engines | Newton-4 | |||
| Propellant | Kerosene/LOX | |||
| Total thrust (vac) | kN | 22.2 | ||
| Specific impulse (vac) | N*s/kg | ~2942 | ||
| Burn time | s | 360 | ||
| Total impulse (vac) | MN*s | 8.1 | ||
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Stage 1 |
Name | |||
| Length | m | |||
| Diameter | m | 1.62 | ||
| Liftoff weight | t | ~23.0 | ||
| Propellant weight | t | ~20.0 | ||
| Engines | Newton-3 | |||
| Propellant | Kereosene/LOX | |||
| Total thrust (vac) | kN | 326.9 | ||
| Specific impulse (vac) | N*s/kg | ~2942 | ||
| Burn time | s | 180 | ||
| Total impulse (vac) | MN*s | 58.8 | ||