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Dark, a developer of a space junk interceptor rocket, has raised a $6 million seed round extension.

Bids are due in U.S. bankruptcy court later this month.

A loose fuel filter doomed the company’s last launch. Then came a bigger problem.

Troubled space launch company Virgin Orbit has temporarily suspended operations and furloughed almost all its staff as it continues efforts to seek new funding.

Bosses at a Welsh startup whose satellite was lost in the failed Virgin Orbit launch from the UK have criticized the country’s approach to sat licensing.