Generation Orbit Launch Services (GO) is an American aerospace company based in Atlanta, Georgia that is developing the technology for launch services for small payloads.[1] The air-launch approach developed by GO and its partners offers flexible launch capabilities, poised to reduce fixed infrastructure needs, launch costs, and the time from contract signature to launch for government and industry customers alike.
GO was founded on April 25, 2011 as a subsidiary company of SpaceWorks Enterprises, Inc.[2][3] In 2013, GO competed in the NewSpace Business Plan Competition (BPC), winning first place and the $100,000 prize.[4][5] The BPC was administered by the Space Frontier Foundation and held at Stanford University. Following the Business Plan Competition, GO was selected in September 2013 for NASA's Enabling eXploration and Technology (NEXT) contract, with an award of $2.1 million.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
GOLauncher familyedit
Generation Orbit is developing the GOLauncher family, a series of high-speed flight and space launch systems designed to lower costs, improve responsiveness, and increase overall mission flexibility.
GO-FET is a captive carry test platform for avionics, spacecraft hardware, fluids experiments, CubeSats, nanosats, and pre-release flight maneuver testing. The GO-FET configuration uses a Learjet 35 aircraft platform that was first flown on July 30, 2014.[13]
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External linksedit
www.generationorbit.com
January 01, 1970
generation, orbit, launch, services, american, aerospace, company, based, atlanta, georgia, that, developing, technology, launch, services, small, payloads, launch, approach, developed, partners, offers, flexible, launch, capabilities, poised, reduce, fixed, i. Generation Orbit Launch Services GO is an American aerospace company based in Atlanta Georgia that is developing the technology for launch services for small payloads 1 The air launch approach developed by GO and its partners offers flexible launch capabilities poised to reduce fixed infrastructure needs launch costs and the time from contract signature to launch for government and industry customers alike Generation Orbit Launch Services Inc GO Company typePrivateIndustryAerospaceFoundedApril 25 2011 2011 04 25 HeadquartersAtlanta GeorgiaProductsHypersonic Flight TestingNumber of employees30 Websitewww wbr generationorbit wbr com Contents 1 History 2 GOLauncher family 3 References 4 External linksHistory editGO was founded on April 25 2011 as a subsidiary company of SpaceWorks Enterprises Inc 2 3 In 2013 GO competed in the NewSpace Business Plan Competition BPC winning first place and the 100 000 prize 4 5 The BPC was administered by the Space Frontier Foundation and held at Stanford University Following the Business Plan Competition GO was selected in September 2013 for NASA s Enabling eXploration and Technology NEXT contract with an award of 2 1 million 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 GOLauncher family editGeneration Orbit is developing the GOLauncher family a series of high speed flight and space launch systems designed to lower costs improve responsiveness and increase overall mission flexibility GO FET is a captive carry test platform for avionics spacecraft hardware fluids experiments CubeSats nanosats and pre release flight maneuver testing The GO FET configuration uses a Learjet 35 aircraft platform that was first flown on July 30 2014 13 The X 60A GOLauncher 1 GO1 is an air launched single stage suborbital rocket vehicle References edit Ben Iannotta 2014 2016 Could Bring Breakthrough for Small Satellites AIAA Archived from the original on 2014 10 26 Retrieved 2014 04 30 Stewart Money 2013 02 20 Smallsat Launch Industry Begins to Take Off Innerspace Dan Leone 2013 11 26 Startup Generation Orbit Launch Service Bets Big on Small Space Spacenews com Archived from the original on April 7 2014 David Todd 2013 11 27 Generation Orbit GOLauncher wins prize as latest contender for NASA cubesat launch contracts Seradata Archived from the original on 2016 03 03 Retrieved 2014 04 25 Viacheslav Pronskyi 2013 11 27 GENERATION ORBIT BUSINESS PLAN THAT WON NASA SPONSORED COMPETITION Space Digest George H Diller 2013 09 30 NASA Awards First CubeSat Class Launch Services Contract NASA Generation Orbit Wins NASA Launch Contract Moonandback 2013 10 01 Doug Messier 2013 09 30 Generation Orbit Wins NASA Contract for Dedicated CubeSat Launch Parabolic Arc Generation Orbit Awarded NASA Contract for Launch of GOLauncher 2 Georgia Tech 2013 09 30 NASA Awards CubeSat class Launch Contract ARRL 2013 10 08 V NASA LAUNCH SERVICES ENABLING EXPLORATION AND TECHNOLOGY NEXT FedBizOpps Gov 2013 09 30 Nanosats are go The Economist 2014 06 07 Generation Orbit Conducts Flight Test for Air Launch SmallSat Vehicle Via Satellite Via Satellite 2014 08 06 Retrieved 2021 07 29 External links editwww wbr generationorbit wbr com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Generation Orbit Launch Services amp oldid 1162429947, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
