https://spacewatch.global/tag/aabar-investments-pjs/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 18 Feb 2020 06:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/aabar-investments-pjs/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/virgin-galactic-captive-carry-test-flight-marks-relocation-of-spaceflight-operations-to-spaceport-america/ Tue, 18 Feb 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19500 Virgin Galactic successfully completed another vital step on its path to commercial service, relocating SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, to its commercial headquarters at Spaceport America’s Gateway to Space building.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/virgin-galactic-achieves-spaceflight-success-with-help-from-uae-investment/ Mon, 17 Dec 2018 06:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11967 Virgin Galactic, the private spaceflight company founded by Virgin Group chairman Sir Richard Branson achieved success on 13 December 2018 after its SpaceShipTwo Unity (VSS Unity) reached suborbital space for the first time over the Mojave Desert in California, United States.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/virgin-group-cuts-off-space-investment-talks-with-saudi-arabia-amidst-khashoggi-murder-allegation/ Mon, 15 Oct 2018 05:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10829 The Virgin Group, the parent company of Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit, has withdrawn from all discussions over a U.S.$1 billion investment in its space activities with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) following the alleged torture and murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on 2 October 2018.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/04/progress-virgin-galactic-orbit-encouraging-news-saudi-emirati-investors/ Mon, 09 Apr 2018 05:00:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8246 After a two-year hiatus since the crash of VSS Enterprise in 2016, Virgin Galactic successfully carried out a flight test of its VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo spaceplane from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California on 5 April 2018.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/04/saudi-crown-prince-visits-virgin-galactic-california/ Wed, 04 Apr 2018 05:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8175 The Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, visited the facilities of Virgin Galactic at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California on 2 April 2018. The Crown Prince and his delegation, which included the Saudi ambassador to the United States Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, were hosted by Sir Richard Branson, Chairman of the Virgin Group, and by George Whitesides, CEO of Virgin Galactic.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/10/saudi-arabia-virgin-announce-partnership-spaceflight-satellite-launch-space-centric-entertainment-industry/ Fri, 27 Oct 2017 07:05:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=6088 The Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia and Virgin Group (Virgin), have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a partnership under which PIF intends to invest approximately $1 billion into Virgin Galactic, The Spaceship Company and Virgin Orbit, with an option for $480 million of future additional investment in space services. The […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/08/virgin-galactic-gets-important-go-ahead-resuming-flight-testing/ Tue, 02 Aug 2016 04:00:49 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=1130 Virgin Galactic, the spaceflight company founded and owned by British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, received an important regulatory go-ahead on 1 August 2016 to resume flight-testing of its SpaceShipTwo spacecraft. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA-AST) awarded Virgin Galactic an operator license for SpaceShipTwo. The license award, which will ultimately […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/07/virgin-galactic-resume-flight-testing-august/ Tue, 12 Jul 2016 07:00:42 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=964 Virgin Galactic Ltd., the commercial space company founded by British billionaire Sir Richard Branson, is set to resume test flights next month in a new spaceship that replaces the one that crashed in a fatal accident two years ago. Aabar Investments of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, owns a 37.8 per cent stake in Virgin […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/05/virgin-galactics-new-commercial-spaceflight-satellite-launch-services/ Thu, 12 May 2016 07:00:38 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=507 Virgin Galactic, the private spaceflight and satellite launch company owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi’s Aabar Investments PJS, has just released its first television commercial. The commercial features both Virgin Galactic’s spaceflight service for wealthy individuals seeking a flight into suborbital space; and also for its proposed small satellite launch services […]]]>