Thales, Spire Global and European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoU) with the goal of “introducing a range of innovative global satellite-based surveillan...
Virgin Galactic has countersued Boeing over its ""failures"" with Virgin's new space tourism aircraft, the ""mothership"" carrier/launch aircraft, VMS Eve. The company, founded by Richard Branson, sai...
Airbus has been awarded a contract to design and build the GRACE-C (gravity recovery and climate experiment-continuity) twin spacecraft satellites by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The mission is a...
Virgin Galactic has reported the detachment of an alignment pin (from the launch pylon of its mothership during flight) to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Although Virgin Galactic notes ...
Libra Group has launched the world’s first space leasing company dedicated to the full spectrum of space assets. Space Leasing International (SLI), building on Libra Group’s 20 years of aviation leasi...
Mojave-based Stratolaunch is planning to acquire Virgin Orbit’s modified Boeing 747 dubbed ‘Cosmic Girl’ and its related parts and equipment. This acquisition is expected to close by July 31, 2023, an...
Virgin Orbit Holdings is to sell its assets to "four winning bidders" and will cease operations. The announcement came after what Virgin said was a "comprehensive sale process and competitive auction"...
Airbus Perlan Mission II, the world’s first initiative to pilot an engineless aircraft to the edge of space, has successfully completed a flight test campaign in the US, clearing the way for an attemp...
SpinLaunch, a space launch technology company committed to enabling the rapid, cost-effective deployment of small satellite constellations into Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has appointed Dómhnal Slattery as...
Airbus has announced the JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) has "spread its wings" after the successful take-off for Jupiter on April 14, a day after bad weather caused a 24-hour postponement, "The Ai...
Less than a week after saying it would lay off almost all its staff, Virgin Orbit filed for bankruptcy under the relatively lenient Chapter 11 provisions offered in the US. The April 4 announcement fo...
Virgin Orbit is cutting "approximately 675 employees" or 85% of its workforce, it said in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on March 30. The cut is "to reduce expenses in light of the...
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