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[ad_1] NextGen II is led by Gregory Summe, former chairman and CEO of PerkinElmer Inc., and George Mattson, former head of the global industry group at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The merger would value Virgin Orbit at $ 3 billion and could be announced in the near future. weeks to …

[ad_1] In a hangar at the edge of Newquay Airport is currently a technology that could help change Cornwall’s fortunes in the future – LauncherOne. This impressive rocket is the revolutionary key component of Virgin Orbit’s horizontal satellite launch system, which is expected to launch from Cornwall Spaceport in about …

[ad_1] In a hangar at the edge of Newquay Airport is currently a technology that could help change Cornwall’s fortunes in the future – LauncherOne. This impressive rocket is the revolutionary key component of Virgin Orbit’s horizontal satellite launch system, which is expected to launch from Cornwall Spaceport in about …

[ad_1] Space startup Launcher has a new satellite platform that will carry stacks of CubeSats into space, the company said after funding nearly $ 12 million. The platform, called the Orbiter, will send up to 330 pounds (150 kg) of mass into orbit. Initially, it will be used for carpool …

[ad_1] Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson Getty Images After building a multibillion dollar fortune from record stores, planes, trains, gyms and many other Virgin-branded businesses during his 50-year long commercial career, British billionaire Richard Branson may soon have more than half of his estimated fortune in two high-risk, unproven space …

[ad_1] Anne Wojcicki, co-founder and CEO of 23andMe (right) celebrates with 23andMe employees after remotely ringing the NASDAQ opening bell at the headquarters of tech company DNA 23andMe in Sunnyvale, California, United States on 17 June 2021. Peter DaSilva | Reuters The most recent trade in the stock market is …

[ad_1] NATO chief warns cyberspace attack could lead to ground incursion Currently, the global space economy is worth $ 350 billion (£ 248 billion), with Morgan Stanley predicting it could triple by 2040. It is hoped that Britain’s first spaceport, Cornwall, could launch its first satellite in 2022. Speaking to …

[ad_1] ** Receive the daily PSPC newsletter ** The PSPC market continues its overall transition to a more positive narrative as the June mass voting continues smoothly and no big negative news has hit. This morning Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation III (DCRC) Announced $ 1.24 Billion SPAC Agreement with Solid …

[ad_1] A much-anticipated merger of PSPC could be announced in the coming weeks, according to Sky News. What happened: Virgin Orbit, a satellite launch company owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin, could announce a SPAC merger, according to the report. The company is 80% owned by Virgin Group and 20% …

[ad_1] Britain will have a six week window to open in the summer or risk keeping Restrictions related to Covid-19 in place until spring, fear the ministers. Boris Johnson gave his clearest signal on Saturday, but he plans to delay a full return to normalcy for another month as he …

[ad_1] File photo of a Pegasus XL rocket mounted under its L-1011 carrier aircraft prior to a previous mission. Credit: NASA / Frank Michaux A small US military satellite named Odyssey, designed and built in less than a year by a new secret Space Force special projects unit, is expected …

[ad_1] Sir Richard Branson is in advanced talks on a multibillion-dollar merger to bring Virgin Orbit, his satellite launch company, to US public markets. Sky News may reveal that Virgin Orbit is close to finalizing a deal to combine with NextGen Acquisition II, a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) created …

[ad_1] TAMPA, Florida – The United States and five other countries are teaming up with the United Kingdom to develop a quantum technology encryption network via satellite. The Federated Quantum System (FQS) will be based on the one British startup Arqit is developing for business customers, using quantum technological advances …

[ad_1] The government has announced plans to fund the design and manufacture of the first satellite built in Cornwall – and which will be launched from the Duchy’s spaceport in 2022. Following a visit to Spaceport Cornwall, in Newquay, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to support the design, manufacture …

[ad_1] Boris Johnson raised his eyebrows after arriving at the G7 summit in a US Presidential-style jacket with the words Prime Minister embroidered on the lapel, as well as the Virgin logo. Social media users quickly wondered why Mr Johnson appeared to be ‘Virgin-sponsored’ as he drove to the company’s …

[ad_1] (Photo: GettyImages / NASA) Virgin Orbit rocket Virgin Orbit announced on June 8 that its next orbital mission called Tubular Bells, Part One after the first album recorded by Virgin Records, is expected to launch during the last week of June. Virgin Orbit said its rocket, LauncherOne, has already …

[ad_1] Two years ago, rocket engineer Diana Alsindy typed a seemingly simple query in Arabic into Google: “Why don’t satellites fall from the sky? she asked. His search yielded no answer. But when Alsindy typed the same sentence in English, she was inundated with pages upon pages of information. “There …

[ad_1] The Terran 1 and Terran R rockets developed by Relativity Space, based in Long Beach, Calif., Are seen in an undated artist rendering. Relativity / Document space via REUTERS Start-up Relativity Space, which aims to build the world’s first fleet of 3D printed rockets, said on Tuesday it had …

[ad_1] What happened Actions of Galactic Virgo (NYSE: SPCE) jumped 6.3% higher in Monday afternoon trading at 1:50 p.m. EDT – and for a most surprising reason. The big news today isn’t what Virgin Galactic is doing, you see, but what its big space tourism rival, Blue Origin, is doing. …

[ad_1] The coming week is the calmest it has been for space launches since This Week in Rocket Launches began four months ago. Only three rockets are on the schedule for the coming week and each of them is marked as at the earliest, which means they might not even …

[ad_1] Businesses prepare to take tourists to the edge of space from 2022. The bidding for a seat aboard a Blue Origin spacecraft has reached a whopping $ 2.8 million. As the journeys lengthen, the training programs will allow humans to manage the journey. Companies like Richard Branson’s Galactic Virgo …

[ad_1] Sso-called ad hoc acquisition company (After-sales service) the stocks and the companies they merged with have packed at least a year of drama in the first five months of 2021. We started the year with investors caught in a PSPC craze, causing stocks to skyrocket. This, in turn, fueled …

[ad_1] Enlarge / Virgin Galactic’s third powered flight on July 26, 2018. Galactic Virgo Virgin Galactic on Thursday announced a new contract for human research aboard its suborbital spacecraft, VSS Unity. The company said Kellie Gerardi, a researcher and science communicator, will conduct two experiments on an upcoming flight that …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – Small launch vehicle developer Launcher has raised $ 11.7 million in Series A funding round, which the company says puts it on track to reach orbit with a fraction of the investment total of other launch startups. Launcher said on June 2 that the Series A cycle …

[ad_1] A render of the ExoTerra solar electric propulsion system (courtesy of ExoTerra Resource) Nasa awarded a SBIR (Phase II Small Business Innovation Research) award to a Colorado-based space technology company ExoTerra resource (ExoTerra) to produce upper stages of solar electric propulsion for microsatellites and micro landers to reach geostationary …

[ad_1] A US-based startup is designing a hypersonic space plane that could allow people to travel anywhere in the world in just an hour. Venus Aerospace, a hypersonic space plane start-up, will begin testing three scale models this summer, Bloomberg reported. Traveling in a space plane may seem like regular …

[ad_1] The G7 summit will only be the start of efforts to attract more investment and jobs to Cornwall while putting Cornwall at the forefront of the green revolution. Since the announcement of the world leaders coming to Carbis Bay in June, much has been said about the possible benefits …

[ad_1] A company called Venus Aerospace Corp. pursues a hypersonic space plane that has the potential to transport people from Los Angeles to Tokyo in about an hour. Travel in their proposed space plane would take off from the ground like a conventional airplane and fly to a high cruising …

[ad_1] In the coming week, several missions such as SpaceX, Virgin Orbit and China are planned. One of the more interesting launches due on Thursday is the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 which carries a Dragon 2 capsule that carries cargo to the International Space Station. Tuesday June 1 …

[ad_1] Venus Aerospace, a startup from Houston, said it was working on a Mach 12 hypersonic aircraft. The trip from Los Angeles to Tokyo could take an hour, the company said. Prime Movers Lab led Venus Aerospace’s $ 3 million seed funding round in March. See more stories on the …

[ad_1] Traveling in a space plane is much like traveling in a regular airplane, except for the middle part. After reaching cruising altitude, the pilot strikes the rocket thrusters and detonates the aircraft at the edge of space at over 9,000 mph, or about 12 times the speed of sound. …

[ad_1] The UK will begin licensing spaceflight this summer, paving the way for the launch of the first rockets from UK soil next year. Future UK spaceports and rocket builders hope to be the first to place satellites into orbit from Europe, but how many of them will survive? The …

[ad_1] (Want to receive this newsletter in your inbox? Here is registration.) Good night. Here is the last one. 1. President Biden to propose a budget of $ 6 trillion this will bring the United States to the highest federal spending levels since World War II. The budget proposal, which …

[ad_1] Theresa Cross May 26, 2021 The Inspiration 4 crew. From left to right: Chris Sembroski, Hayley Arceneaux, Sian Proctor and Jared Isaacman. This flight is expected to be the first orbital space tourism mission since 2009 and the first 100% civilian crew to fly in low earth orbit. Credit: …

[ad_1] The UK is destined for a seat in the next space race, the Transport Secretary said today, as the government prepares for Virgin’s Orbit trade mission – the UK’s first flight to the ‘space. The National Space Agency (NSA) confirmed on Monday that space flights will soon be a …

[ad_1] Before this type of calculation became widespread, organizations built expensive prototypes to test their designs. “We actually built a prototype on a large scale and ran it for the rest of its life before deploying it in the field,” said Brandon Haugh, core design engineer, referring to a reactor. …

[ad_1] Astronauts? Amateur astronauts? Space tourists? Space travelers? Rocket riders? What do we call the new generation of space travelers? CAP CANAVERAL, Fla. – As more companies start selling space tickets, the question arises: Who can be called an astronaut? This is already a complicated problem and about to become …

[ad_1] In our series My monday morning, motivated people say WSJ. how they start the week. Even though he wakes up at 5 a.m., Richard Branson isn’t one of those bumps that thrive on less than a handful of hours of sleep a night. “I need eight hours of good …

[ad_1] Virgin Galactic has put a recent setback behind it to reach space for just the third time in its history, and the first time since moving to its new Spaceport America base in New Mexico last year. The company’s successful test flight over the weekend marked another step forward …

[ad_1] 2020 and early 2021 have generated a lot of enthusiasm for space investors. After decades of waiting, private space companies like Rocket Lab, Momentus, and Astra (but not SpaceX, unfortunately) follow in Virgin Galactic Holdings‘ (NYSE: SPCE) the steps and the announcement of the plans become public via a …

[ad_1] Virgin Galactic completed a successful space trip on Saturday, a sign of progress for the space tourism company founded by Richard Branson following a series of delays in its flight schedule. Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity reached an altitude of 89.2 kilometers before returning two pilots to a runway in …

[ad_1] Text size Virgin Spaceship Unity and Virgin Mothership Eve Courtesy of Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic Holdings The stock has been going through a rough patch over the past few weeks which has prompted investors to seek sacks of air sickness. But an announcement on Thursday spikes stocks: flight tests …

[ad_1] By Pushkala Aripaka and Paul Sandle Britain’s competition regulator on Thursday cleared a $ 44 billion merger between broadband company Virgin Media and UK mobile network Telefonica O2, after a months-long review. The owner of Virgin Liberty Global and Spain’s Telefonica agreed to the merger a year ago, creating …

[ad_1] TAMPA, Fla .– A UK company that equips spy planes and drones to track satellite phones has raised capital to launch a handful of tiny surveillance spacecraft to listen for signals from covertly operating ships. Horizon Space Technologies, a recently establishedsubsidiary of Berkshire, Based in England, Horizon Technologies is …

[ad_1] The existing company building on the left, with a rendering of the planned expansion on the right. York Space Systems York Space, which builds spacecraft for customers wishing to operate satellites in orbit, on Tuesday announced an expansion of its production facilities at the company’s headquarters in Denver, Colo. …

[ad_1] Blue Origin, the rocket company of billionaire Jeff Bezos, is set to open ticket sales for suborbital tourist travel aboard its New Shepard spacecraft on Wednesday, a historic moment as U.S. companies work towards a new era of private commercial space travel. Blue Origin is expected to announce details …

[ad_1] Image source: Virgin Orbit “The Launcher One’s first flight since installation would transform Alcântara into the second orbital-class spaceport in all of South America, and only the fifth in the entire southern hemisphere,†notes Virgin Orbit. “The people of Brazil have been working patiently and diligently on the orbital …

[ad_1] Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Moderna (NASDAQ: ARNM) have been close rivals in the COVID-19 vaccine race since they announced the start of their Phase 3 vaccine trials – the same day in July. But Pfizer was ahead on the way to the finish line. The large pharmaceutical company obtained …

[ad_1] Space attorney Robert Jacobson, former director of the Space Angels Network and founding member of consultancy firm Space Advisors, has spent the past decade advising investors and entrepreneurs on the potential of “space” as a. that field of activity. Last week I was able to sit down with Jacobson …

[ad_1] Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket – carrying a payload of 10 small satellites – deploys from Cosmic Girl, the company’s modified 747, on January 17, 2021. Photo courtesy of Virgin Orbit. The Brazilian space agency and the Brazilian Air Force have called on Virgin Orbit to bring orbital launch capabilities …

[ad_1] Stratolaunch’s Roc carrier plane flies over California’s Mojave Desert. (Stratolaunch via Twitter) Stratolaunch, the aerospace company founded by the late Seattle billionaire Paul Allen, put the world’s largest plane through its second flight test today, two years after the first flight. “We are in the air!” Stratolaunch reported in …

[ad_1] The Alcântara launch center in Brazil, which will soon host the launch services of Virgin Orbit. Brazil is a further step towards establishing national orbital-class launch capabilities. Wednesday, the Brazilian space agency (AEB) and Brazilian Air Force signed a contract with Virgin orbit to establish commercial launch services at …

[ad_1] Virgin Orbit Selected to Bring Orbital Launch Capabilities to Brazil Press release from: Virgin orbit Posted: Wednesday April 28 2021 The Brazilian Space Agency (Agência Espacial Brasileira; AEB) and the Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB) announced today that Virgin Orbit has been selected to bring orbital launch …

[ad_1] For many people, the work of test pilots has the same fascination as that of BASE jumpers and free soloists. We want to make up stories in our heads about the kind of person who embraces the motivation, the risk and even the recklessness that the activity involves, and …

[ad_1] Rocket return barge after recent launch – SpaceX photo (CC BY-NC 2.0) Through The maritime executive 04/28/2021 07:03:41 Less than a year after canceling its second agreement with the Port of Los Angeles, Elon Musk’s SpaceX now plans to set up its West Coast operations at the Port of …

[ad_1] After making a deal to lease space at the Port of Los Angeles, then scrapping that plan – twice – SpaceX has a new deal: to use a waterfront facility at the Port of Long Beach for the salvage of its thrusters from rocket. The Long Beach Harbor Board …

[ad_1] A satellite produced by South African company Dragonfly Aerospace is seen in an undated illustration. MaxPolyakov.space/Handout via REUTERS Max Polyakov, an ultra-rich entrepreneur who aspires to build a space transportation empire, has acquired South African satellite maker Dragonfly Aerospace, he told Reuters. The deal gives Polyakov a foothold in …

[ad_1] What happened Actions of the space tourism company Galactic Virgo (NYSE: SPCE) suddenly pulled and pulled higher Monday morning, picking up speed as the day wore on, and ended the day up 4.7%. In the absence of more substantial news, I am forced to conclude that Virgin Galactic received …

[ad_1] Enlarge / NASA and Boeing are working to remove the center stage of the SLS rocket from its test bed in Mississippi. NASA Welcome to Rocket Report edition 3.42! This week we have an update on Virgin Orbit, which has signed a multi-launch deal for its LauncherOne vehicle. Additionally, …

[ad_1] Virgin Orbit has been selected by geospatial analytics firm HyperSat to launch a series of six low-earth orbit satellites in the coming years, the Long Beach-based small satellite launch company said on Wednesday. The constellation of hyperspectral satellites will be able to capture and process images across the entire …

[ad_1] Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity arrives for a landing after its suborbital test flight on December 13 … [+] 2018, in Mojave, California. – Virgin Galactic marked a milestone Thursday as its spacecraft climbed to a maximum height, or apex, of 82.7 kilometers, after taking off strapped to a plane …