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
By Kevin George, Published by Investopedia, 27 February 2023 Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. (SPCE), the world's first publicly traded space tourism company, likely lost over $100 million in the fourth quarter as operating costs surged and the company geared up to begin commercial operations. Analysts expect to see a year-on-year
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 16 February 2023 WASHINGTON — The carrier aircraft for Virgin Galactic’s suborbital spaceplane made its first flight in more than a year Feb. 15 as the company moves one step closer to beginning commercial service. The airplane, VMS Eve, took off from the Mojave
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
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
By Rebecca Morelle and Jonathan Moss, Published by the BBC, 10 January 2023 The first ever orbital space launch from British soil is getting ready to blast off. Monday's mission will see a repurposed 747 jumbo jet release a rocket over the Atlantic to take nine satellites high above the
By Andrew Chuter, Published by DefenseNews, 10 January 2023 LONDON — A British attempt to become the first Western European nation to put satellites into space from a base on home soil has failed after the Virgin Orbit launch rocket missed the required orbit. Virgin Orbit officials said Jan. 10
Published by Dronewars UK, 9 January 2023 Tonight’s planned space launch from Newquay ‘spaceport’ is the latest step in a new era of expansion into space by the military with the UK wholeheartedly joining a space arms race which will inevitably lead to greater risk of instability and conflict. Space
