Virgin Orbit will lay off 85 percent of its employees

Virgin Orbit will lay off 85 percent of its employees

Virgin Orbit, the satellite launch company founded by Richard Branson, said it would lay off 85 percent of its workforce, according to a filing to the US stock market regulator.

The California-based company will lay off about 675 people to reduce expenses “in light of its inability to secure meaningful funding”, it said in a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday.

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