Virgin Galactic slumps 15% on plan to sell shares and build spaceships

Virgin Galactic slumps 15% on plan to sell shares and build more spaceships following Branson’s successful test flight

Virgin Galactic said it is raising up to £360million of cash through a share sale just a day after Richard Branson flew to space and back.

Shares slumped 15 per cent in New York on the news after an initial rally in pre-market trading. 

vCard QR Code

vCard.red is a free platform for creating a mobile-friendly digital business cards. You can easily create a vCard and generate a QR code for it, allowing others to scan and save your contact details instantly.

The platform allows you to display contact information, social media links, services, and products all in one shareable link. Optional features include appointment scheduling, WhatsApp-based storefronts, media galleries, and custom design options.

In a filing, the company says it plans to use the cash raised to develop its spaceship fleet and infrastructure.

Richard Branson (pictured) and five employees completed a long-awaited test flight to space on Sunday, reaching an altitude of more than 50 miles during the hour-long journey

Richard Branson (pictured) and five employees completed a long-awaited test flight to space on Sunday, reaching an altitude of more than 50 miles during the hour-long journey

The 70-year-old billionaire and five employees completed a long-awaited test flight to space on Sunday, reaching an altitude of more than 50 miles during the hour-long journey. 

‘Welcome to the dawn of a new space age,’ Branson told guests at the Spaceport America complex near the town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.

The trip also made the entrepreneur the first of the space tourism pioneers to try out their own shuttles, beating Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and SpaceX’s Elon Musk. Branson and his Virgin Group hold a 24 per cent stake in the company.

Yesterday Seraphim Space Investment Trust raised £180million ahead of its IPO. 

The investment trust is targeting a total annual return of 20 per cent from investments in space businesses.

source: dailymail.co.uk


🕐 Top News in the Last Hour By Importance Score

# Title 📊 i-Score
1 Kennedy to announce plan to remove artificial dyes from the nation’s food supply 🔴 78 / 100
2 Crisis in Barcelona and Malaga as Spain cracks down on British tourists 🔴 75 / 100
3 Stone Age dog skeleton hints at complex early relationship with pets 🔴 72 / 100
4 Taking the Ground Out of Ground Systems 🔴 72 / 100
5 Thousands take part in German Easter peace marches 🔴 72 / 100
6 The Oscars mandate voters watch all nominated movies, set new rules for AI and refugee filmmakers 🔴 65 / 100
7 Spring Cleaning Your Tech: How to Recycle Computers and Printers for Free 🔴 62 / 100
8 Incredible map shows the 7 main languages spoken in Spain 🔵 55 / 100
9 Ex- Concord Dev in Defense of Marathon & Against "Lack of Compassion" & "Vitriol" Attached to Games 🔵 55 / 100
10 NASA's Lucy spacecraft beams back pictures of an asteroid shaped like a lumpy bowling pin 🔵 55 / 100

View More Top News ➡️