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SpaceX starts building out its production Starlink constellation – TechCrunch

There’s literally a lot more stuff in space than there was last week – or at least, the number of…

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Virgin Galactic begins ‘Astronaut Readiness Program’ for first paying customers – TechCrunch

Virgin Galactic has begun its ‘Astronaut Readiness Program’ this week, which is being run out of Under Armour Global HQ…

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UK Space Agency will provide $9.5 million to Virgin Orbit for Cornwall spaceport – TechCrunch

Richard Branson’s small satellite launch company Virgin Orbit announced today that it has secured final approval on a £7.35 million…

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Rocket Lab’s new 5-year FAA license will help it streamline its rocket launch process – TechCrunch

Rocket Lab has received a new five-year Launch Operator License from the Federal Aviation Administration, which grants it permission to…

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Look inside Virgin Galactic’s shiny new Spaceport America – TechCrunch

For a couple of years now Virgin Galactic’s Spaceport America was more aspirational than functional, but now it’s been built…

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Is space truly within reach for startups and VC? – TechCrunch

Elon Musk’s SpaceX managed to pull off something very few people thought it could — by disrupting one of the…

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Virgin Orbit performs a successful drop test of its LauncherOne rocket launch system – TechCrunch

Richard Branson-backed space startup Virgin Orbit has completed a key step along its path to launching satellites for commercial customers….

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Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is going public

Richard Branson’s space tourism company, Virgin Galactic, is going public, which will make it the first publicly listed human spaceflight…

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Virgin Orbit seeks to launch satellites from the UK by 2020 – TechCrunch

One of Richard Branson’s space companies (yes, he has more than one) is looking to bring satellite launches to British…

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Virgin Galactic is ‘coming home’ to Spaceport America in New Mexico – TechCrunch

Aspiring space tourism outfit Virgin Galactic has just announced its readiness to shift its operations to New Mexico’s Spaceport America,…