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Richard Branson targets new space SPAC to take Virgin Orbit public


Richard Branson targets new space SPAC to take Virgin Orbit public
Christopher Jasper and Justin Bachman, Bloomberg News
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Richard Branson is looking for a special-purpose acquisition company to merge with another of his space companies, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The billionaire’s satellite launcher, Virgin Orbit, has hired bankers including Credit Suisse Group AG to scout for a SPAC to take the company public with a valuation of as much as US$3 billion, said the person, who asked not to be named because the discussions are private. Talks are expected to begin in the coming weeks, with plans to reach a deal within the next few months and complete it by late summer, the person said. ....

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How a telecom pioneer hitched up with a potential space unicorn


Astra’s Rocket 3.1 blasts off from the company’s launch complex in Alaska. (Astra Photo)
Back in the 1990s, cellular telecom pioneer Craig McCaw bought into a vision of ubiquitous wireless service via a constellation of satellites, with an assist from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
Almost a quarter-century later, McCaw’s Teledesic venture is long-dead, but the dream lives on thanks to the impending merger of McCaw’s Holicity “blank check” company and Astra, one of the rising stars of the satellite launch industry.
The deal which takes advantage of the trend toward using special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, to take startups public values Astra at a double-unicorn level of $2.1 billion, and would unlock up to $500 million in cash proceeds. ....

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Alaska Journal | From the Last Frontier to the Final Frontier: An opportunity for Alaska


Liftoff on Dec. 15 in Kodiak. (Photo/John Kraus/Astra)
Astra’s rocket reaches space after its Dec. 15 launch. (Photo/Courtesy/Astra)
An engineer works at The Launch Company’s shop. (Photo/Courtesy/The Launch Company)
The PSCA Launch Site in Kodiak. (Photo/John Kraus/Astra)
Nighttime lights at the PSCA before the Dec. 15 launch attempt. (Photo/John Kraus/Astra)
Forty miles from the City of Kodiak sits the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska, only one of four places to launch a rocket into orbit from the United States, and where, just a week ago on Dec. 15, California-based Astra became the third private company in the country to send an orbital-class rocket into space.  ....

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