Space.com Virgin Galactic Unveils Spin-Off Virgin Orbit for Small-Satellite Launches 2 March 2017 fborgosano Leave a comment Share: Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space company is spinning off its LauncherOne rocket program into a separate firm to better position itself to serve the booming small satellite industry, the company said Thursday (March 2). from Space.com bit.ly/2mK7gkl Share: