Spaceport Cornwall focused on space cluster growth as Virgin Orbit pauses operations

Spaceport Cornwall has said it will continue to focus on growing the space cluster, after Virgin Orbit announced it was pausing its operations.

Richard Branson’s US satellite launch firm is working to secure additional funding for future launches, and in the meantime has furloughed staff, according to reports,

In a statement, the company said: “Virgin Orbit is initiating a company-wide operational pause, effective (from) March 16 2023, and anticipates providing an update on go-forward operations in the coming weeks.”