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Virgin Orbit Expands Space Solutions Business With Hypersat Investment by Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Dec 20, 2021
Virgin Orbit, the responsive launch and space solutions company that has announced a planned business combination with NextGen Acquisition Corp. II, has announced an agreement to acquire a 17.5% stake in geospatial analytics company Hypersat LLC. This investment will further expand Virgin Orbit's space solutions business by providing highly accurate electro-optic and hyperspectral imagery capabilities, which can provide vital information to customers in the agriculture, defense, energy, insurance, and minerals industries, among others. The investment by Virgin Orbit is part of the company's strategy to leverage the relationships with its satellite launch customers and space solutions end users. As part of that strategy, Virgin Orbit has previously announced investments in ArQit Quantum, SatRevolution, and Sky and Space Global. Previously, Hypersat announced that it had selected Virgin Orbit as its launch platform for its six-satellite constellation, which is being built by an international team led by QinetiQ and includes Redwire, Millennium Engineering and Integration, and Brandywine Photonics. "We're thrilled to continue our push forward into space solutions as a key vertical for Virgin Orbit's growth through our expanding relationship with Hypersat," said Jim Simpson, Chief Strategy Officer of Virgin Orbit. "By providing our customers with more responsive Earth observational data, we're expanding the ability to better understand the planet, to make more efficient use of our natural resources, and to be better prepared to respond to crises. Hypersat has a great technology solution and an excellent developing capability that meshes well with our other space solutions to provide a complete package of useful data to drive critical decisions." Derek Woods, Founder, President and CEO of Hypersat LLC, said; "We are extremely pleased to have Virgin Orbit join us as an investor. Hypersat's plan to be the premier provider of hyperspectral and long wave earth observation imagery, complements Virgin Orbit's broader space solutions strategy.
Swarm and Cluster get to the bottom of geomagnetic storms Paris (ESA) Dec 17, 2021 The notion of living in a bubble is usually associated with negative connotations, but all life on Earth is dependent on the safe bubble created by our magnetic field. Understanding how the field is generated, how it protects us and how it sometimes gives way to charged particles from the solar wind is not just a matter of scientific interest, but also a matter of safety. Using information from ESA's Cluster and Swarm missions along with measurements from the ground, scientists have, for the first ... read more
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