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Virgin Orbit Hoping To Avoid Bankruptcy

March 21, 2023
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| Launch failure, Launches, Satellites, Virgin

By Channing Reid, Published by Simple Flying, 21 March 2023 The company is desperately searching for a lifeline. Bankruptcy could become a reality for satellite launch provider Virgin Orbit as soon as this week. The US-based group is reportedly scrambling to find a funding source to avoid insolvency. Last week,

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The venture-backed rocket industry is finally coming back to Earth

March 19, 2023
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| Launch failure, Rocket Lab, Rockets, Satellites, Virgin

By Tim Fernholz, Published by qz.com, 19 March 2023 Rocket makers that emerged from the venture capital ecosystem recently spent an anxious weekend waiting on the outcome of Silicon Valley Bank’s failure, but their latest troubles have no connection to with the lender’s collapse. Astra Space (ASTR) is now fighting

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Virgin Orbit stops operations and furloughs most staff

March 16, 2023
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| Launch failure, Satellites, UK, Virgin

By Alex Lawson, Published by the BBC, 16 March 2023 Satellite launch company hunts for funding lifeline following failed attempt from UK soil Virgin Orbit has paused its operations and furloughed its workforce as it hunts for a funding lifeline. The satellite launch company, based in California, will put all

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UK now seen as ‘toxic’ for satellite launches, MPs told

March 1, 2023
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By Tom Ambrose, Published by The Guardian, 1 March 2023 After Virgin Orbit’s failed mission, Commons committee hears complaints about regulator Britain’s failed attempt to send satellites into orbit was a “disaster” and MPs are being urged to redirect funding to hospitals, with the country now seen as “toxic” for

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Deep space smallsats face big challenges

February 17, 2023
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| Artemis, Launch failure, Mini-Satellites, Moon missions, NASA

By Jeff Froust, Published by SpaceNews, 17 February, 2023 Most of the people who converged on the Kennedy Space Center in mid-November for the third Artemis 1 launch attempt were focused on the giant Space Launch System rocket standing at Launch Complex 39B and the Orion spacecraft on top. Craig

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Spaceport Cornwall denies staff had concerns about rocket launch

January 23, 2023
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| Launch failure, UK, Virgin

By Lee Trewhela, Published by Cornwall Live, 23 January 2023 Space boss also addresses reports Scotland could now beat Cornwall to the UK's first satellite rocket launch The boss of Spaceport Cornwall has strenuously denied claims that the Virgin Orbit rocket launch mission from Newquay only had a 50/50 chance

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UK rocket failure is a setback, not roadblock

January 11, 2023
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| Launch failure, Launch sites, UK, Virgin

By Jonathan Amos and Greg Brosnan, Published by the BBC, 11 January, 2023 The failure of the first ever satellite mission launched from UK soil is a setback but not a roadblock to the country's space plans. The rocket suffered an "anomaly" late on Monday night after its release by

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First ABL Space Systems launch fails

January 10, 2023
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| Launch failure, Launch sites

By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 10 January 2023 SEATTLE — The first flight of ABL Space Systems’ RS1 rocket failed to reach orbit Jan. 10, the second loss of a commercial small launch vehicle in 24 hours. The company announced it would attempt the launch of RS1 from the

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