VORB - Wagner join hands with Virgin Orbit to bring national air-launch capability to Australia
- Wagner Corporation and Virgin Orbit ( NASDAQ: VORB ) have signed an agreement to assess a potential LauncherOne demonstration mission from the Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport.
- The move will allow the companies to begin the process of implementing a national launch capability from Australia, with the goal of providing satellite launch services from the Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport using Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne System.
- Both parties are exploring the potential to certify Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport as a national spaceport to perform an orbital launch demonstration as early as 2024.
- The collaboration will focus its initial efforts on tailoring LauncherOne operations from Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport to comply with Australian launch licensing regulatory requirements and spaceport-specific operations.
- Further, both companies aim to develop a roadmap for how LauncherOne’s Mobile Ground Support Equipment and other infrastructure could be built and staged at Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport.
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Wagner join hands with Virgin Orbit to bring national air-launch capability to Australia