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Virgin Galactic

US
commercialFounded 2004
Tustin, California, United States
www.virgingalactic.com
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Virgin Galactic reported a net loss of $130,000,000 in the first quarter of 2021 and had $617,000,000 of cash and cash equivalents on hand.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL5/11/2021Aircraft issue could delay resumption of SpaceShipTwo test flights

Of the space SPAC deals announced after Virgin Galactic’s 2019 acquisition, six were slated to close in 2021.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL5/4/2021AST SpaceMobile adds public company expertise to leadership team

VSS Imagine was built at Virgin Galactic’s facility in Mojave, California.

NARRATIVE GROWTH3/30/2021Virgin Galactic unveils new suborbital spaceplane

Virgin Galactic completed its SPAC transaction in 2019, triggering a surge of SPAC activity in the space sector.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL3/23/2021Sure, you can spell SPAC. But what is it?

Virgin Galactic merged with Social Capital Hedosophia in 2019 and sparked the current wave of space SPAC transactions.

ORG RELATIONSHIP3/19/2021Satellite veterans warn of space SPAC downside

Virgin Galactic retired The Spaceship Company brand as part of an internal realignment in December.

NARRATIVE CAPABILITY3/5/2021Whitesides steps down from Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic merged with the SPAC Social Capital Hedosophia in 2019, a deal that raised $460,000,000 and took Virgin Galactic public on the New York Stock Exchange in October 2019.

ORG RELATIONSHIP3/1/2021Rocket Lab to go public through SPAC merger and develop medium-lift rocket

Virgin Galactic merged with the SPAC Social Capital Hedosophia in 2019, a deal that raised $460,000,000 and took Virgin Galactic public on the New York Stock Exchange in October 2019.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL3/1/2021Rocket Lab to go public through SPAC merger and develop medium-lift rocket

Virgin Galactic conducted a secondary stock offering in 2020 that raised $441,000,000.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL2/25/2021Virgin Galactic further delays SpaceShipTwo test flights

At the conclusion of the fall 2021 stand-down, Virgin Galactic expects VSS Unity to begin flying private astronauts and SpaceShip III to be in a position to complete its flight testing in early 2022.

NARRATIVE GENERAL2/25/2021Virgin Galactic further delays SpaceShipTwo test flights

Virgin Galactic went public in 2019 by merging with Social Capital Hedosophia.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL2/2/2021Astra to go public through merger with SPAC

Virgin Galactic will launch its SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane in mid-February 2021.

NARRATIVE PLAN2/1/2021Virgin Galactic to resume SpaceShipTwo test flights in mid-February

Virgin Galactic planned a 2020-12-12 test flight during which SpaceShipTwo was released from the WhiteKnightTwo aircraft and its hybrid rocket motor ignited but almost immediately shut down.

NARRATIVE GENERAL2/1/2021Virgin Galactic to resume SpaceShipTwo test flights in mid-February

Virgin Orbit is a sister company to Virgin Galactic and intends to deploy satellites using rockets released from under the wing of a Boeing 747 airliner.

NARRATIVE GROWTH1/4/2021Space Force’s small launch program looks to pick up pace after a year of delays

Virgin Galactic’s cash reserves grew to $742,000,000 after the company raised $440,000,000 in a secondary offering of stock in August 2020.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL11/5/2020Virgin Galactic prepares to transition to operations

Virgin Galactic merged with Social Capital Hedosophia, a SPAC created by venture firm Social Capital, and became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/8/2020Momentus deal could mark new wave of space companies going public

Virgin Galactic reported no revenue in the second quarter of 2020 and a net loss of $63,000,000 for that quarter.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL8/3/2020Virgin Galactic delays SpaceShipTwo commercial flights to 2021

Virgin Galactic merged in July 2019 with Social Capital Hedosophia, a publicly traded holding company, and at that time planned to begin commercial service by mid-2020.

NARRATIVE PLAN8/3/2020Virgin Galactic delays SpaceShipTwo commercial flights to 2021

Virgin Galactic expected the planned stock sale to raise $460,000,000 and planned to use the net proceeds primarily for general corporate purposes, including working capital and capital expenditures.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL8/3/2020Virgin Galactic delays SpaceShipTwo commercial flights to 2021

Virgin Galactic completed a merger with Social Capital Hedosophia in 2019 that made Virgin Galactic a publicly traded company.

ORG RELATIONSHIP7/15/2020Virgin Galactic hires Disney executive as new CEO
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