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Virgin Orbit lays off 85% of its workforce to reduce expenses

Paul Hill — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 05:04:02 +0000

Virgin Orbit is laying off 85% of its workforce after it was unable to secure funding. This means 675 people will lose their jobs. The redundancies will likely be completed by April 3. Read more...

TWIRL 99: Virgin Orbit to perform air launch of LauncherOne from the UK

Paul Hill — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 02:12:01 +0000

With Christmas and New Year out of the way, rocket launches are starting to get back into full swing. Notably this week, Virgin Orbit will be launching from Cornwall in the UK this week. Read more...

Virgin Orbit's first end-to-end orbital test flight terminated after an in-flight anomaly

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 26 May 2020 07:20:01 +0000

Following a clean release and ignition of LauncherOne's engines, an anomaly in the early stages of flight caused Virgin Orbit to terminate the first end-to-end flight of its orbital payload. Read more...