Virgin Orbit, Sir Richard Branson’s small satellite launch company, announced today that it has successfully completed a key drop test of its LauncherOne vehicle, the last major step in the ...

Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) and the Luxembourg Minister of Defence today signed a Letter of Intent that will begin the process towards developing responsive space capabilities inclusive of mobile ...

In March 2023, after a failed satellite launch mission two months prior and repeated setbacks in securing financing to keep up with the very high burn rate, Virgin Orbit, the Virgin Galactic offshoot ...

With Virgin Orbit now under bankruptcy protection, departing Chief Operating Officer Tony Gingiss had some choice words for the company's leadership, as well as a lengthy and detailed apology to its ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- Sir Richard Branson is making moves to sell failed satellite company Virgin Orbit just days after announcing he was laying off most of its work force. The Long Beach-based ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit has failed in its first attempt to launch a test satellite into space aboard a rocket carried aloft by a Boeing 747 and released over the ocean off ...

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Once valued at $3.8 billion and serving the U.S. military, Virgin Orbit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April last year. The SEC's complaint accuses Brown of presenting a doctored ...

Virgin Orbit will lay off 85 percent of its staff after the space launcher failed to secure new investment. It will see Richard Branson's rocket company cease operations, at least for the foreseeable ...

Virgin Orbit has purchased a 17.5 percent stake in hyperspectral satellite imaging company Hypersat in a move to expand the California-headquartered launch services provider’s space business.

“Today's sequence of events for LaunchDemo2 went exactly as planned, from the safe execution of our ground operations to the successful full-duration burns on both engines. To say we're excited would ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit failed Monday in its first test launch of a new rocket carried aloft by a Boeing 747 and released over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern ...