Tag: virgin
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Virgin Orbit Has Another Successful Launch
Mojave-based space launch provider Virgin Orbit successfully launched a new batch of satellites into space, using its unique rocket-launched-from-a-747 system. Virgin Orbit said it launched 7 customer satellites on its mission on Thursday, using its La…
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Virgin Orbit In Partnership With Intelligence Firm
Long Beach-based Virgin Orbit, which is developing satellite launch systems, says it has partnered with signals intelligence provider Horizon Technologies. Financial details of the deal were not announced, however, Virgin Orbit said it will become Hori…
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Virgin Orbit Sets Planned Board
Long Beach-based Virgin Orbit has set the planned board of directors for the company, assuming its ongoing special purpose acquisition (SPAC) deal goes through as planned. According to Virgin Orbit, the new board of directors of the combined company, w…
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Virgin Galactic Selects Winner For Free Space Flight
Virgin Galactic has selected the winner for an almost-free trip to space, saying last week that it has selected a winner in a sweepstakes for a trip to space. The winner was part of a sweepstakes with charity donation site Omaze. According to Virgin Ga…
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Virgin Galactic Cleared After Air Traffic Control Snafu
Virgin Galactic, the space flight and tourism company led by Virgin Galactic, has been cleared to fly again following an FAA inquiry into the company’s re-entry from space in July. Virgin Galactic had been under investigation for diverging from its air…
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Virgin Galactic Delays Next Test Flight
Virgin Galactic, the space tourism venture of Sir Richard Branson, has delayed its next test flight, due to what it described as a “potential manufacturing defect” in a component of its flight systems. According to the company, it was preparing for its…
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Report: FAA Probing Deviation On Virgin Galactic Flight
According to reports this morning, the FAA is probing a deviation on the
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Virgin Orbit To Go Public Through SPAC
Long Beach-based Virgin Orbit, the satellite launch technology company which is related to Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space tourism business, says it will become a publicly traded company through a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC)….
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Virgin Galactic Starts Selling Seats To Space
Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company headed by Sir Richard Branson, started selling seats to space again, after successfully launching Branson and a number of others in its first fully crewed spaceflight. The company–which developed its vehicles…
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Billionaires In Space: Branson Succeeds In Space Launch
Sir Richard Branson successfully launched himself into space on Sunday, stepping aboard a Virgin Galactic rocket powered plane and rocketing to 53 miles above the earth, on the Unity 22 mission. The launch–the first of a billionaire into space on his …