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Space SPAC Index – Redwire, Astra, and Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck File to Sell Stock
Space SPAC Index – Redwire, Astra, and Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck File to Sell Stock

Welcome to S-SPACi! In this edition, Astra announced a reverse stock split and filed to sell more shares, Redwire filed to raise $400 million, Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck plans to sell millions in stock, Rocket Lab won a contract for four HASTE launches, Planet Labs and SatixFy reported higher revenues, Virgin Galactic completed another commercial flight, Terran Orbital doubled its satellite production capacity, and Satellogic announced a new partnership.

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  • September 13, 2023
Spaceport America Issues Economic Impact Report
Spaceport America Issues Economic Impact Report

A new economic impact study has found that Spaceport America, a commercial spaceport located in New Mexico, contributed $138 million in economic output, $45.8 million in labor income, and $60.4 million in value-added production to the state’s economy in 2022.

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  • August 31, 2023
Space SPAC Index – Virgin Orbit Bows Out as Virgin Galactic Heads Back to Space
Space SPAC Index – Virgin Orbit Bows Out as Virgin Galactic Heads Back to Space

Welcome to S-SPACi. This week, we say goodbye to Virgin Orbit, sister company Virgin Galactic prepares for its first launch in nearly two years, BlackSky and Spire Global team up to track ships, AST SpaceMobile will join two Russell indexes, Planet Labs announces two artificial intelligence partnerships, Redwire wins a contract to develop a 3D bioprinter, and SatixFy’s beam-hopping communications system is launched into orbit.

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  • May 24, 2023
Space SPAC Index – Doubts About Survival of Astra and Momentus
Space SPAC Index – Doubts About Survival of Astra and Momentus

Welcome to S-SPACi. In this week’s edition, Momentus and Astra say there are serious doubts about their long-term survival, Terran Orbital and Redwire saw first-quarter revenue increases, Virgin Galactic has set a date for its next launch, and Virgin Orbit entered into a stalking horse agreement for the purchase of its Boeing 747 aircraft.

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  • May 17, 2023
Virgin Galactic Schedules Final Flight Test for May 25
Virgin Galactic Schedules Final Flight Test for May 25

Virgin Galactic is set to conduct the first suborbital flight of its VSS Unity spacecraft in nearly two years on May 25. The flight test, to be held at Spaceport America in New Mexico will be the final one before the company begins carrying paying passengers late next month.

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  • May 17, 2023