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[QUOTE="mfb, post: 6899639, member: 405866"] Virgin Orbit, the company operating the air-launched LauncherOne, is dead. After their latest failed launch they didn't find enough investors to keep going. [url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/23/virgin-orbit-bankruptcy-sale-rocket-lab-stratolaunch-vasts-launcher.html]Some hardware has been sold[/url], looks like no one was interested in the rocket itself. Virgin Galactic, the company offering suborbital tourism flights, is back. Their 2021 flight, the first one with several passengers, raised questions about the flight profile and safety and started an FAA investigation. The company took that time to upgrade their vehicle, too. After a low altitude flight last month they are now preparing for a high altitude flight [url=https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/24/no-tears-only-launches-now-virgin-galactic-heads-back-to-space-as-virgin-orbit-goes-under/]in the early morning of Thursday[/url] (US time). No live coverage, unfortunately. The flight will only carry employees of the company. Other news: * [url=http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/1302]Remains of Hakuto-R found on the Moon[/url] * In the first quarter of 2023 a total of 290 tonnes were launched to orbit ([url=https://brycetech.com/reports/report-documents/Bryce_Briefing_2023_Q1.pdf]report[/url]). 233 tonnes by SpaceX (80%!), 24 by China, 23 by Russia, 5 by India, 4 by Japan, 1 tonne by the rest of the world. [/QUOTE]
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