Umnumzana Richard Branson uzimase umnyhadala wempelaveki ongashukumiyo e-Elia Beach Club eVirgin Hotels eLas Vegas ngoJuni 10, 2021 eLas Vegas, Nevada.Ifoto nguGabe Ginsberg / Getty Izithombe Imogul yokuhamba yaseBritane uRichard Branson uyaphindaphinda kabini Iintengiso ze-SPAC nangona isixhobo esiqhelekileyo semali sokuthatha iinkampani zamabanga aphambili esidlangalaleni kubonakala ngathi siphulukana namandla aso kwiinyanga ezidlulileyo.
Okwakutshanje kokujoyina ipotifoliyo ekhulayo ye-SPAC kukuqalisa kwakhe ngesatellite I-Orbit yeNtombi , Ukusuka kwindawo yakhe yezokhenketho Intombi eyiGalactic. EBritani Iindaba zeSky uxele ngoMgqibelo ukuba iVirgin Orbit ikwiingxoxo ezihambele phambili zokuya esidlangalaleni ngokudibana ne-NextGen Acquisition II, inkampani ekhethekileyo yokufumana iinjongo ekhokelwa liqabane laseGoldman Sachs. Iindawo ezininzi zeendaba zase-U.S. Ziqinisekisile ezi ntetho. Isivumelwano kulindeleke ukuba sibhengezwe kwiiveki ezizayo.
I-NextGen II ikhokelwa ngokubambisana nguGeorge Mattson, owayekade ekhokele iqela lezorhwebo lehlabathi leGoldman, kunye noGregory Summe, owayesakuba yi-CEO yePerkinElmer.
Ukudibana ne-SPACs, ekwabizwa ngokuba ziinkampani zokukhangela ezingabhalwanga, yaba yindlela edumileyo yamanqanaba okuqala, zihlala zingenanzuzo ukuba ziye esidlangalaleni kumaxabiso aphakanyisiweyo ngo-2020. Le nto, ngokuyinxenye, yakhatywa yenye inkampani eyayikhokelwa yiBranson, iVirgin Galactic , eyaya esidlangalaleni ngo-Okthobha u-2019 ngokudibana ne-Social Capital Hedosophia.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, iQela laseVirgin likwaseke i-SPAC yayo, ebizwa ngokuba yiVG Acquisition, ngenjongo yokufumana inkampani yabathengi esekwe ngokubanzi kwaye iyise esidlangalaleni. I-SPAC inyuse i-480 yezigidi zeedola kwityala labo ngo-Okthobha.
Emva kokudityaniswa, iVirgin Orbit kuya kuthiwa inexabiso kwi-3 yezigidigidi zeedola, ngaphezulu kokuphindwe kathathu kunokuba ibifanele ekupheleni kwe-2020.
IVirgin Orbit yasekwa ngonyaka we-2017 ukuze isebenze kumzi mveliso osakhulayo wesathelayithi ezincinci kunye ezincinci ezijolise kubathengi bezomkhosi kunye nabezorhwebo kwindawo esezantsi yentengiso yendawo. Ezi satellites zihlala zingenzi ntlawulo epheleleyo kwirokethi enobungakanani obuqhelekileyo (njengeSpaceX Falcon 9). IVirgin Orbit isebenzisa inkqubo ekhethekileyo yokuphehlelela umoya, ngokuncamathisela i-booster phantsi kwenqwelomoya ye-Boeing 747, ukuthumela ezi zixhobo zisesibhakabhakeni. Le ndlela ibonelela bhetyebhetye ngakumbi kunakwimeko esemgangathweni yokumilisela iirokethi, utshilo inkampani.
NgoJanuwari, iVirgin Orbit yafikelela ngempumelelo kwi-orbit ngexesha lovavanyo lwayo lwesibini. Inqwelomoya ye-Boeing 747 eguqulweyo, ebizwa ngokuba yiCosmic Girl, yemka kumgaqo weenqanawa nge-LauncherOne booster phantsi kwephiko elinye. Nje ukuba ifike kubude obumalunga neenyawo ezingama-35,000 (i-10,700 yeemitha), i-booster yakhutshwa yi-Boeing, yadubula eyayo injini, yenyuka yaya kujikeleza.
Ulandelelwano lwanamhlanje lweziganeko ze # QalisaDemo2 yaya kanye ekucwangciseni, ukusuka ekuphumezeni ngokukhuselekileyo komhlaba ops kuyo yonke indlela enempumelelo yexesha elipheleleyo lokutsha kwiinjini zombini. Ukutsho ukuba sonwabile iya kuba yinto enkulu, kodwa abalinganiswa abangama-240 abanakuyenza into enobulungisa. pic.twitter.com/ZKpoi7hkGN
-I-Orbit yeNtombi (@VirginOrbit) NgoJanuwari 18, 2021
