Start Me Up
launch attemptOrbital attemptcompleted
Start Me Up was a orbital attempt recorded on Jan 9, 2023 from NEWQ using LauncherOne; operated by VORB; 9 payload manifest entries. Its recorded outcome was failure. The archive identifies this flight as 2023-F01.
- Launch date
- Jan 9, 2023
- Vehicle
- LauncherOne
13 related records 1 source
Virgin Orbit's white and red Cosmic Girl 747 crosses a deep blue sky with the slim LauncherOne rocket attached beneath its left wing.
Representative CC BY photograph of the physical LauncherOne rocket carried beneath Cosmic Girl during Flight 2. It depicts the shared LauncherOne air-launch system but not this exact launch attempt, serial, payload configuration, carrier operation, or flight article. Representative image — not necessarily this individual vehicle or flight.
Credit: Glenn Beltz. License: CC BY 2.0.
Image source and licenseLaunch facts
- Outcome
- failure
- Operator
- VORB
- Launch site
- NEWQ
Technical details and catalog designation
Trajectory measurements and catalog terminology are retained here when available. Codes follow the original records.
- Launch point
- RW12/30
- Ascent site / drop zone
- CELS
- Destination / profile
- Sat LEO L
- Catalog designation
- 2023-F01
Payload manifest
IOD-3 Amber
2023-F01 · F01660 · CATAP/HORT
Prometheus-2-1
2023-F01 · F01661 · DSTL
Prometheus-2-2
2023-F01 · F01662 · DSTL
CIRCE 1
2023-F01 · F01663 · DSTL/NRL
CIRCE 2
2023-F01 · F01664 · DSTL/NRL
DOVER
2023-F01 · F01665 · RHEAUK
ForgeStar-0
2023-F01 · F01666 · SPFORG
AMAN
2023-F01 · F01667 · MTCIT/ETCO
STORK 6
2023-F01 · F01668 · SATRV
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- LauncherOneLaunch vehicle
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- VORBLaunch operator
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Sources
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