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Virgin Orbit

US
commercialFounded 2017
Long Beach, California, United States
virginorbit.com
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Virgin Orbit planned four to six launches in 2022, compared to a forecast of six launches in January 2022.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitNarrative GeneralMar 30, 2022Virgin Orbit looks beyond satellite launch for growth opportunities

Virgin Orbit held $194,200,000 in cash and cash equivalents at the end of 2021.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitNarrative FinancialMar 30, 2022Virgin Orbit looks beyond satellite launch for growth opportunities

Virgin Orbit raised $228,000,000 in its SPAC merger, which was less than half the amount the company had anticipated in August 2021.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitTechnical ProductMar 30, 2022Virgin Orbit looks beyond satellite launch for growth opportunities

Virgin Orbit’s backlog grew from $86,000,000 at the end of 2020 to $575,000,000 at the end of 2021, of which $152,000,000 were binding agreements.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitTechnical ProductMar 30, 2022Virgin Orbit looks beyond satellite launch for growth opportunities

Virgin Orbit reported a net loss of $157,300,000 for 2021 on $7,400,000 in revenue.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitTechnical ProductMar 30, 2022Virgin Orbit looks beyond satellite launch for growth opportunities

Virgin Orbit reported a net loss of $121,600,000 for 2020 on $3,800,000 in revenue.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitTechnical ProductMar 30, 2022Virgin Orbit looks beyond satellite launch for growth opportunities

Virgin Orbit reported adjusted EBITDA of –$140,400,000 in 2021 versus –$157,500,000 in 2020.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitOrg RelationshipMar 30, 2022Virgin Orbit looks beyond satellite launch for growth opportunities

Virgin Orbit established a standby equity purchase agreement with Yorkville Advisors to sell up to $250,000,000 in equity over three years.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitOrg RelationshipMar 30, 2022Virgin Orbit looks beyond satellite launch for growth opportunities

Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne system is air-launched from an airplane that releases the rocket from an altitude of 10,0 m while traveling at about 600 km per hour.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitNarrative GeneralMar 18, 2022Poland, Virgin Orbit partner on Eastern Europe satellite launch initiative

POLSA aims to host the first launch using Virgin Orbit’s solution in the late summer of 2023 and then gradually transfer the technology to Poland and train Polish pilots.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitNarrative PlanMar 18, 2022Poland, Virgin Orbit partner on Eastern Europe satellite launch initiative

The Polish Space Agency (POLSA) signed a letter of intent with Virgin Orbit to use the company’s air-launched LauncherOne system as soon as next year.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitOrg RelationshipMar 18, 2022Poland, Virgin Orbit partner on Eastern Europe satellite launch initiative

Virgin Orbit and Cardiff-based Space Forge signed an agreement to launch the first satellite developed in Wales in summer 2022.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitOrg RelationshipMar 9, 2022Virgin Orbit To Launch Space Force’s First Satellite From Spaceport Cornwall

Funding for small launch services provided by companies like Rocket Lab and Virgin Orbit increases by $70,000,000 in the omnibus funding bill.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitOrg RelationshipMar 9, 2022Space programs moving up on DoD’s budget priority list

Oita Airport reached an agreement with Virgin Orbit in 2020 to host Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne air-launch system.

Mentioned as: virgin orbitTechnical ProductFeb 26, 2022Sierra Space to study Dream Chaser landings in Japan

Virgin Orbit planned a first LauncherOne mission from Oita that could take place as soon as 2023.

Mentioned as: virgin orbitTechnical ProductFeb 26, 2022Sierra Space to study Dream Chaser landings in Japan

The October 2021 Memorandum of Understanding established cooperation to design, manufacture, and launch the first Omani satellite manufactured by SatRevolution onboard Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne.

Mentioned as: virgin orbitTechnical ProductFeb 7, 2022The Sultanate Of Oman And SatRevolution Form International Consortium For Country’s First Satellite Launch and Mission To Deep Space

The first Omani satellite was planned to launch on Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne from Spaceport Cornwall in the United Kingdom in 2022.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitNarrative GeneralFeb 7, 2022The Sultanate Of Oman And SatRevolution Form International Consortium For Country’s First Satellite Launch and Mission To Deep Space

Virgin Orbit plans to launch space missions from the United Kingdom.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitNarrative GeneralFeb 1, 2022U.K. announces $2 billion in new funding for military space programs

Rocket Lab and Virgin Orbit carried out VCLS launches under contracts awarded in 2015.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitNarrative GeneralJan 27, 2022NASA selects a dozen companies for smallsat launch services

Astra, Rocket Lab, and Virgin Orbit went public in 2021 through SPAC mergers, each raising hundreds of millions of dollars.

Mentioned as: Virgin OrbitNarrative GeneralJan 21, 2022Foust Forward | Small launchers on the bubble
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