Spire Global, Inc. Selects Virgin Orbit for Late-Load Addition to Next Flight in Record Time

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Dec 09, 2021

Leading launch company Virgin Orbit, which has announced a planned business combination with special purpose acquisition company NextGen Acquisition Corp. II ("NextGen") (NASDAQ: NGCA), has announced alongside space-based data and analytics provider Spire Global, Inc. (“Spire”) (NYSE: SPIR) that they have received waiver approval from the Federal Aviation Authority to include Spire on Virgin Orbit’s upcoming launch. The satellite, which was integrated at Virgin Orbit’s Long Beach facility within 36 hours, will fly as the third customer in the previously announced Above the Clouds mission, scheduled for mid-December 2021 to mid-January 2022.