launch services inc. go slogan go boldly type private industry aerospace founded atlanta georgia april 25 2011 2011 04 25 headquarters atlanta georgia key people john r. olds phd ceo brad st. germain cto a.j. piplica coo jordan shulman cfo products dedicated launch service for nanosatellites number of employees 10 website www.generationorbit.com generation orbit launch services inc. go is an aerospace company developing a dedicated nanosatellite launch system that utilizes an air launch to orbit approach . go was founded in april 2011 and is based in atlanta georgia . contents 1 overview 1.1 go fet flight experiments testbed 1.2 golauncher 1 1.3 golauncher 2 2 partners 3 references 4 external links overview edit generation orbit go based in atlanta ga is currently developing an air launch system specifically for nanosatellites . 1 2 3 4 go competed in the 2013 newspace business plan competition bpc winning first place and the 100 000 prize . 5 the bpc was administered by the space frontier foundation and held at stanford university . in september 2013 go was selected for nasa s enabling exploration and technology next contract with an award of 2.1 million . 6 under next go will launch a group of three 3u cubesat payloads to a 425 km orbit . the launch is scheduled to take place in 2016 . 7 8 9 10 11 12 go fet flight experiments testbed edit 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 and was first flown on july 30 2014 . 13 14 golauncher 1 edit golauncher 1 is an air launched single stage suborbital rocket vehicle . its purpose is to provide access to high altitudes for microgravity astrophysics and hypersonics testing and research . the first two segments of the golauncher 1 inert test article go1 ita underwent a series of successful structural ground tests at mercer university s engineering research center merc in december 2013 . 15 in july 2014 go was awarded a phase i small business innovative research sbir contract from the air force research laboratory aerospace systems directorate afrl rq for development of golauncher 1 . the nine month effort worth 150 000 will focus on requirements definition configuration trade studies and trajectory design space exploration . 16 17 18 19 golauncher 2 edit golauncher 2 is an air launched two stage orbital rocket system . by combining a business jet with expendable rocket stages golauncher 2 is capable of placing small payloads of up to 100 pounds into low earth orbit . golauncher 2 successfully passed it systems requirements review in january 2014 enabling go to continue with the next phase of its development . partners edit go has partnered with the following organizations spaceworks enterprises inc. air force research laboratory afrl . 20 ventions tyvak calspan phoenix air group tacair georgia tech manufacturing institute the inman company 21 cecil spaceport 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 the combined experience of these companies covers a wide range of activities and development efforts including space systems design life cycle cost analysis business case development upper stage development testing and manufacturing and flight systems and ground operations . references edit dan leone 2013 11 26 . startup generation orbit launch service bets big on small space . spacenews.com . viacheslav pronskyi 2013 11 27 . generation orbit business plan that won nasa sponsored competition . space digest . stewart money 2013 02 20 . smallsat launch industry begins to take off . innerspace . ben iannotta 2014 . 2016 could bring breakthrough for small satellites . aiaa . david todd 2013 11 27 . generation orbit golauncher wins prize as latest contender for nasa cubesat launch contracts . seradata . george h. diller 2013 09 30 . nasa awards first cubesat class launch services contract . nasa . generation orbit wins nasa launch contract . moonandback.com . 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 . nate monroe 2014 07 30 . spaceport test flight is a giant leap for launch facility in jacksonville . the florida times union . guest column cecil airport is poised to become a player in space industry . the florida times union . 2014 09 11 . structural test success with generation orbit . mercer engineering research center . 2014 02 14 . air launch testbed for endoatmospheric hypersonic trajectories . sbir strr . generation orbit awarded phase i sbir with afrl for golauncher 1 hypersonic testbed . generation orbit press release . 2014 07 09 . generation orbit awarded sbir grant for golauncher 1 hypersonic testbed . parabolic arc . 2014 07 09 . generation orbit awarded phase i sbir grant . spaceref business . 2014 07 09 . clark lindsey 2013 07 22 . generation orbit and air force research laboratory sign r and d agreement . new space watch . generation orbit signs investment banking agreement with the inman company . spaceref . 2014 02 12 . jaa generation orbit sign first agreement at cecil spaceport . business wire . 2013 12 23 . caleb henry 2013 12 27 . generation orbit becomes cecil spaceport s first tenant . via satellite . nate monroe 2013 01 29 . state grant helps cecil spaceport prepare for launch . the florida times union . frank dibello 2013 10 24 . guest column florida celebrates new generation of space flight . the florida times union . jaa generation orbit sign first agreement at cecil spaceport . yahoo finance . 2013 12 23 . tom patton 2013 11 29 . generation orbit to launch small satellites from cecil field in jacksonville . jaxinspace . jacksonville aviation authority formally signs first spaceport tenant generation orbit plans test flights from northeast florida s cecil spaceport in 2014 . aero news network . 2013 12 27 . external links edit spacenews profile ; anthony j. a.j. piplica chief operating officer generation orbit launch services inc. retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title generation orbit launch services & oldid 743263999 categories spaceflightcompanies based in atlantaprivate spaceflight companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export 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