How is Virgin Orbit being Sold? // Space News from TMRO
Channel: TMRO Space News
Date: 2023-05-08

Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to spill the beans on Starship's first integrated flight test - but what have we learnt? Ryan runs though all of that, as well as news from Spaceport Cornwall, Russia, China, and much more.

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GROUND LAUNCH SEQUENCER
00:00 // Intro
00:12 // SpaceX Update
https://youtu.be/g8ILy2ubf3g 
https://youtu.be/qA5N5N9DtNk 
https://nextspaceflight.com/starship/hardware/28 

01:43 // Czechia Joins the Artemis Accords 
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-welcomes-czech-foreign-minister-for-artemis-accords-signing/

02:27 // Dragonfly’s Budget might be cut 
https://spacenews.com/dragonfly-mission-studying-effects-of-potential-budget-cut/  

04:10 // Virgin Orbit’s sale has been approved 
https://spacenews.com/court-approves-plans-for-virgin-orbit-bankruptcy-sale/ 

05:24 // The UK’s Race for Vertical Launch is heating up 
https://orbex.space/news/construction-begins-at-sutherland-the-uk-mainlands-first-vertical-launch-spaceport 
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/05/orbex-sutherland-spaceport/ 
https://www.calor.co.uk/sustainable-fuel/futuria-liquid-gas 
https://orbex.space/launch-vehicle 
https://saxavord.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SaxaVoice-Newsletter-Issue-1-DECEMBER-2022.pdf 

06:39 // Thank you TMRO Citizens

07:09 // Space Traffic
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7031 
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7041 
https://blogs.nasa.gov/smallsatellites/ 

08:21 // Upcoming Launches
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/

08:36 // Coming up on TMRO
08:47 // Thank you for watching and Goodbye!

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