A tale of two Virgins.
Stratolaunch moves to buy Virgin Orbit’s carrier. Virgin Galactic announces launch window. Arqit to quit space. China adds a 56th BeiDou satellite. And more.
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Show Notes
Stratolaunch bids $17 million to buy some of Virgin Orbit's assets, including the Cosmic Girl carrier. Virgin Galactic announces the next launch window from May 25. Space News is reporting that British cybersecurity software developer Arqit has hired a financial adviser to sell its space division, and more.
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T-Minus Guest
Our guest for today’s episode is Florida Today Space Editor Emre Kelly. Emre will be discussing the progress of Boeing’s Starliner program.
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Selected Reading
Virgin Orbit enters $17 million 'stalking horse' bid to sell aircraft assets- Reuters
Virgin Galactic is a GO for Launch- Virgin Galactic
Arqit launches sale of satellite division- SpaceNews
Black Sky Aerospace’s Rocket Fuel Facility Approval- Space and Defense
China launches the 56th BeiDou navigation satellite- CGTN
SSC Wins New ESA Deal for Nodes Optical Communications Project- Via Satellite
Warpspace wins JAXA contracts for lunar and long-distance optical comms studies– SatNews
Political fight escalates over Space National Guard - SpaceNews
NASA’s Artemis program may face a budget crunch as costs continue to rise- Ars Technica
Larger NASA Budget Essential to Beat China to Lunar Resources, Administrator Says- Nextgov
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