Hello and welcome back to Max Q! Straight to the big news up front: It seems that we are finally getting close to the first orbital flight test (OFT) of SpaceX’s Starship — for real this time. It’s looking like a wet dress is likely next week, and if all goes to plan, we could see SpaceX attempt a flight as soon as the week after.
In this issue:
- Virgin Orbit’s death knell
- A new startup building “orbital pursuit” spacecraft for the Pentagon
- News from Stoke Space and more
Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy
Virgin Orbit, the low Earth orbit small-payload launch company that was spun out of Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, has filed for bankruptcy prote...
