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Virgin Orbit halts test flights as Covid-19 cases surge – CNN
Virgin Orbit, the sister company to Richard Branson’s space venture Virgin Galactic, is halting a rocket launch attempt because too many of its employees were at…
Austin, Texas (CNN Business)Virgin Orbit, the sister company to Richard Branson’s space venture Virgin Galactic, is halting a rocket launch attempt because too many of its employees were at risk of Covid-19 exposure, the company said.
The Los Angeles-based startup, which hopes to blast satellites into orbit via a rocket that launches from the beneath the wing of a 747 airliner, said in a series of tweets that as infection rates “skyrocket” in the area, Virgin Orbit’s contact tracing has put so…
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