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Richard Branson’s Long Beach space-launch company Virgin Orbit to liquidate

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Stratolaunch and Rocket Lab USA Inc. are among the buyers for assets of Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc., the bankrupt space-launch company tied to billionaire Richard Branson that until recently employed nearly 700 people in Southern California

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The piecemeal sale indicates no adequate bids emerged for the whole of Virgin Orbit during an auction. Launcher Inc. is set to buy a test facility for $2.7 million, court papers show. Vast Space announced a deal recently to acquire Launcher.The asset disposals, which total more than $35 million, are subject to bankruptcy court approval.

 

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