Virgin Orbit Launch Tracker
As of 21 October 2026, Virgin Orbit has flown 0 of the 248 orbital launch attempts in 2026, 0% of the world's launches, and 6 since its first in 2020. Its latest launches and the next ones on the schedule, drawn to scale.
Data as of October 2026 · Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs), checked against Jonathan McDowell's GCAT · Updated as launches happen. Methods
Latest mission
Earth Science
LauncherOne
Jan 9, 2023
Virgin Orbit's air-launched LauncherOne flew the 'Start Me Up' mission, the first orbital launch attempt from UK soil, released from a modified 747 off Spaceport Cornwall. A second-stage anomaly left it short of orbit and all nine satellites were lost.
Next mission
Drawing unavailable
No upcoming mission scheduled.
Statistics summary
Virgin Orbit launches
2026 so far
0
vs 0 by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0
vs 0.0 weekly avg. over 365 days
Payload to orbit
2026 so far
0 t
vs 0 t by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0 t
vs 0.0 t weekly avg. over 365 days
Past launches
Every Virgin Orbit launch scheduled for the next seven days, in UTC.
No Virgin Orbit launch is scheduled in the next seven days.
Virgin Orbit in 2026
Orbital launch attempts added up, Virgin Orbit and the rest of the world, 2026 so far
Day by day since 1 January.
Orbital launch attempts per week, Virgin Orbit and the rest of the world, the past 12 months
Payload delivered to orbit by Virgin Orbit, year against year, 2023 to 2026
Tonnes, added up through each year.
The record
- Share in 2026
- 0%
- so far
- Launches in 2026
- 0
- of 248 worldwide
- Share in 2025
- 0%
- 0 launches
- All time
- 6
- since 2020
Orbital launch attempts per year, Virgin Orbit and the rest of the world, 2020 to today
2026 so far, as of 21 October 2026.
Launch success rate by Virgin Orbit rocket, 2020 to today
Test flights are left out; partial failures count as failures.
Every year
| Year | Virgin Orbit | World | Virgin Orbit share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 0 | 248 | 0% |
| 2025 | 0 | 329 | 0% |
| 2024 | 0 | 263 | 0% |
| 2023 | 1 | 223 | <1% |
| 2022 | 2 | 186 | 1% |
| 2021 | 2 | 146 | 1% |
| 2020 | 1 | 114 | 1% |