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Exactly who is the investor behind Virgin Orbit's failed $200 million rescue? “I definitely believe that a large part of it [is] as a space enthusiast.” That’s what Matthew Brown told CNBC on March 23, when asked why he was considering a $200 million investment into Virgin Orbit, a nearly bankrupt rocket company.Read more... https://qz.com/exactly-who-is-the-investor-behind-virgin-orbits-failed-1850288151

Virgin Orbit's share price hit a new record low in the wake of mass layoffs Richard Branson’s rocket company is running out of fuel.Read more... https://qz.com/virgin-orbit-layoffs-share-price-record-low-1850286832

Is $200 million enough to save Virgin Orbit? Virgin Orbit (VORB) is currently negotiating with Matthew Brown, a private investor, to win a $200 million capital infusion that would give Brown control of the company, Reuters first reported today (March 22). Read more... https://qz.com/virgin-orbit-200-million-investment-1850253075

Relativity Space aims for a record-breaking debut launch of the Terran 1 rocket If the Terran 1 rocket makes it to orbit during its debut flight on March 8, it will be the first time Relativity Space has left the planet since the rocket-maker was founded in 2015.Read more... https://qz.com/relativity-space-aims-for-a-record-breaking-debut-launc-1850197041

Boris Johnson appeared to be edited out of a photo tweeted by his ex-minister to celebrate the Virgin Orbit launch In a potentially embarrassing social media mishap, Grant Shapps, the UK Conservative government minister for business, energy and industrial strategy, tweeted a photo about the first UK satellite launch that seemed to have had Boris Johnson edited out of it. Unfortunately for Shapps and his department, the same photo…Read more... https://qz.com/boris-johnson-virgin-orbin-grant-shapps-photo-tweet-1849969056

Virgin Orbit launched the first rocket from the UK The space age has arrived in Europe: Today’s launch of nine small satellites from Newquay, England, marks the first time spacecraft have been delivered to orbit from the United Kingdom. Read more... https://qz.com/virgin-orbit-launched-the-first-rocket-from-the-uk-1849965659

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