Category: Capstone CubeSat satellite

Virgin Orbit’s Would-Be White Knight and a $200 Million Rescue That Fell Flat

April 8, 2023
Business & MarketsCapstone CubeSat satelliteCompaniesRichard BransonsatelliteVirgin Orbit
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As the fortunes of Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit were crashing to Earth last month, a little-known investor called Matthew Brown appeared offering a $200 million rescue. Within two days of being contacted by Brown, Virgin Orbit Chief Executive Dan Hart had secured board backing for a preliminary agreement with the 33-year-old Texas-based investor, according to…

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NASA Hopes New Zealand Launch Will Pave Way for Moon Landing

June 29, 2022
Capstone CubeSat satelliteNASANew ZealandScienceSpace
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand—NASA wants to experiment with a new orbit around the moon that it hopes to use in the coming years to once again land astronauts on the lunar surface. So it is sending up a test satellite from New Zealand. The initial stages of the launch went according to plan late Tuesday, with…

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