San Diego Union-Tribune

Virgin Orbit seeks bankruptcy protection after mission fail

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after a failed mission this year and increasing difficulty in raising funding for future missions. The company laid off ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Virgin Orbit: Premature shutdown behind rocket launch fail

LONDONLONDON — Virgin Orbit said Thursday its first attempt to launch satellites into orbit from the U.K. failed after its rocket’s upper stage prematurely shut down. The U.S.-based company used a ...
Times Union

Google’s proposed data center in orbit will face issues with space debris in an already crowded orbit

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, University of Michigan (THE CONVERSATION) The rapid expansion ...