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Firefly Aerospace buys the final scraps of doomed Virgin Orbit
The last remnants of Virgin Orbit have been offloaded. Firefly Aerospace has agreed to buy the defunct satellite-launch company’s remaining assets for $3.8 million. Firefly’s purchase included the leftovers from a May auction that cleaned out most of the company’s possessions, netting $36 million in Virgin Orbit’s bankruptcy proceedings. Firefly’s purchase was reported in June 15th filings in a Delaware bankruptcy court (via SpaceNews).
Virgin Orbit gets stripped for parts as the company shuts down
A bankruptcy auction brought in $36 million across multiple sales.
Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy protection as it seeks a buyer
Virgin Orbit has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection a few days after officially shutting down its space launch operations.
Virgin Orbit officially shutters its space launch operations
Weeks after implementing a company-wide furlough, struggling space launch company Virgin Orbit officially calls it quits.
Virgin Orbit extends employee furlough as it continues to seek funding
According to CNBC and Reuters, Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart has told employees via email that the company will extend unpaid furlough for majority of its workforce.
Virgin Orbit furloughs most employees and pauses operations for a week
Satellite launching company Virgin Orbit is starting an "operational pause" and furloughing most employees except for a skeleton crew.
Virgin Orbit confirms a dislodged fuel filter caused its first UK launch to fail
Virgin Orbit has confirmed that the launch failure of its first UK mission was likely caused by a fuel filter that had been "dislodged from its normal position."
Virgin Orbit's first UK orbital launch may have failed due to a $100 component
Virgin Orbit's first orbital launch from UK soil, which was supposed to be a huge milestone for the company and for the region, may have ended in failure because of a component that cost around $100.
Virgin Orbit clarifies the cause behind its 'Start Me Up' mission's failure to reach orbit
On Thursday, Virgin Orbit leaders provided a preliminary explanation as to just what went wrong during Monday's Start Me Up mission launch.
The first-ever UK space flight fails to reach orbit
Virgin Orbit's historic "Start Me Up" mission launched from Spaceport Cornwell on January 9th as planned, but it has failed to reach orbit and has ultimately ended in failure.
First-ever UK space flight set for January 9th
Virgin Orbit has announced that the initial window for its historic "Start Me Up" mission will open on January 9th, Monday, at 22:16 UTC (5:15PM Eastern Time).
Virgin Orbit gets the licenses it needs for the UK's first space launch
Virgin Orbit is set to make the first ever space flight from UK soil, after the nation's Civil Aviation Authority approved a "historic" first launch license.
Virgin Orbit is going public to fund its space satellite program
An SPAC merger is expected to generate $483 million in cash.
Watch the first livestreamed Virgin Orbit rocket launch starting at 9:50AM ET
Virgin Orbit is livestreaming a rocket launch for the first time — here's how to tune in to the flight, which could start as soon as 9:50AM Eastern.
Virgin Orbit carries satellites to space for the first time (update: deployed)
Virgin Orbit has successfully carried satellites into space for the first time.
The Ravn X is a 55,000-pound drone for launching satellites
This week, a company based out of Alabama called Aevum unveiled the Ravn X, a drone designed to carry and launch satellites into low-orbit.
Virgin Orbit's first launch demo flight ends abruptly after rocket release
Virgin Orbit's first demo flight ended abruptly when the rocket's mission 'terminated' soon into its flight.
Virgin Orbit's first launch demo takes place this weekend
Virgin Orbit will start its first powered launch test flights on May 24th and May 25th.
Virgin Orbit is ready to test its plane-launched space rockets
Virgin Orbit is ready for its first launch after successfully completing an end-to-end test proving that its carrier aircraft, Cosmic Girl, can ferry rockets to the skies for takeoff.
Virgin Orbit plans to send cubesats to Mars as early as 2022
Virgin Orbit plans to be the first private company to send cubesats to Mars. Today, it announced a partnership with the Polish satellite company SatRevolution and a dozen Polish universities to design a series of small-satellite missions to the Red Planet. The first cubesat could launch as early as 2022.
