PRI Registrar Certifies Virgin Orbit to Quality Standards ISO 9001: 2015 and AS9100D

PRI (Performance Review Institute) Registrar announces that Virgin Orbit has been certified to ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D. The certification covers the design, development, production, test and launch of orbital launch vehicles for Virgin Orbit (Central Function).

The following Virgin Orbit facilities are included under the certification:

• E Conant Street, Long Beach, CA, USA — Design and manufacture of small satellite launch rockets and pylon hardware
• McGowen Street, Long Beach, CA, USA — Payload integration and testing
• Sabovich Street, Mojave, CA, USA — Testing and launch operation.

Randy Daugharthy, vice president of PRI Registrar, says, “Virgin Orbit has demonstrated its commitment to world-class quality by implementing and becoming certified to the ISO 9001:2015 standard and AS9100 aerospace standard. They have joined an elite number of organizations worldwide that have achieved certification to both of these globally recognized standards. PRI Registrar is proud to partner with Virgin Orbit as a leading-edge technology supplier in their field in this accomplishment and looks forward to continued support of their objective of quality excellence.”

Dan Hart, Virgin Orbit CEO, says, “With 33 satellites delivered to space and each positioned precisely in their chosen orbit, we have shown the capability and quality of our launch system. Our focus now is building on that track record, even as we scale up production at our factory and as we bring our launch operations to new facilities like Spaceport Cornwall. Through this AS9100 certification, we’ve formalized and tested our system to ensure our customers can trust us to deliver their satellites safely and precisely to the orbit they need.”

For more information about PRI Registrar, visit https://www.priregistrar.org.

For more information about Virgin Orbit, visit https://virginorbit.com.