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Branson’s Virgin Orbit aims to redo launch demo in December, as it seeks $150 million in new capital – CNBC
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit looks bounce back its first demonstration launch failure in May, aiming to fly again in December.
Sir Richard Branson’s small satellite launch specialist Virgin Orbit is looking to bounce back from the failure of its first demonstration launch in May, aiming to fly its next demo mission in December.
Virgin Orbit, which uses a modified Boeing 747 aircraft to launch its rockets, diagnosed the failure to a high-pressure fuel line in the engine, which caused the rocket to shut down shortly after launching. But the company is nearly finished testing the rocket that will fly the second demo missi…
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