# Virgin Orbit: space company profile

> Virgin Orbit: Virgin Orbit was an American small satellite launch company that used an air-launched rocket system called LauncherOne, deployed from a modified Boeing 747 aircraft. The company ceased operations in 2023 after a failed mission and filed for bankruptcy.

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- Data as of: profile last verified 2026-02-09
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## Profile facts

- Name: Virgin Orbit (legal name Virgin Orbit Holdings, Inc.)
- What it does: Virgin Orbit was an American small satellite launch company that used an air-launched rocket system called LauncherOne, deployed from a modified Boeing 747 aircraft. The company ceased operations in 2023 after a failed mission and filed for bankruptcy. (SpaceNexus profile description)
- Sector: launch, small-lift
- Headquarters: Long Beach, California, USA, US
- Founded: 2017
- Chief executive: Dan Hart (former)
- Status: defunct
- Ownership: public (delisted) (parent: Virgin Group (former))
- Publicly traded: yes, VORB on NASDAQ (delisted)
- Website: [https://virginorbit.com](https://virginorbit.com) (SpaceNexus profile)
- Profile claimed by the company: no
- Profile last verified: 2026-02-09

## Market data

- Share price: not available
- Market capitalisation: not recorded
- Quote: stored values, last verified 2026-02-09 (the live quote did not answer)
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## Funding

- Raised privately before listing: No private round on record (No private round on record before Dec 2021. IPO, offerings, debt and unconverted notes are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.)

| Date | Round | Amount (USD) | Lead investor | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2021-12-29 | SPAC Merger | undisclosed | NextGen Acquisition Corp II | [SEC Filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1843388/000121390021067800/ea153140ex99-1_nextgenacq2.htm) |

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## Space Score

- Not scored: This company is not in the Space Score roster. Only company profiles with an active or pre-revenue status are scored. Inputs measured 2026-10-13 02:10 UTC.
- The Space Score is a 0 to 1000 snapshot of a space company's size and activity, relative to the other companies we track. It combines size (headcount, market value and revenue, 30%), U.S. federal space contracts (20%), equity raised (15%), momentum (15%) and, for launch companies, orbital launches (20%), so it leans heavily on size. It is descriptive: not a forecast, a rating or investment advice.
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## Government contracts (latest)

| Award date | Agency | Title | Value (USD) | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2020-04-10 | DoD | STP-S28 MISSION TASK ORDER | $37.0M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881820F0009_9700_FA881820D0007_9700) |
| 2019-10-10 | DoD | OSP-4 MINIMUM AWARD | $50K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881820F0007_9700_FA881820D0007_9700) |
| 2018-04-27 | NASA | VENTURE CLASS LAUNCH SERVICES (VCLS) IS A FIRM-FIXED PRICE CONTRACT FOR A DEDICATED LAUNCH SERVICE FOR U-CLASS SATELLITES WITH NASA HAVING SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PAYLOAD ON THE LAUNCH VEHICLE.… | $6.0M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_80KSC018C0010_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-) |

## Operations

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## Sources

- [SpaceNexus company database](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles): profile facts, with the verification date above
- Each funding round's cited source: SEC filings, company announcements and press reports, linked per round
- Yahoo Finance: share price and market capitalisation
- Federal award records: contract awards

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