Portions of Virgin Galactic fell in exchanging on Thursday after the organization declared designs to raise up to $500 million paying off debtors.

“The company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund working capital, general and administrative matters and capital expenditures to accelerate the development of its spacecraft fleet,” Virgin Galactic said in a statment.

The space the travel industry organization means to raise $425 million from the offer of 2027 convertible senior notes through a private contribution, with an extra $75 million choice likewise expected to be conceded to purchasers.

Virgin Galactic stock fell as much as 16% in exchanging from its past close of $12.37.

Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic opened up to the world through a consolidation with a specific reason securing organization, or SPAC, from Chamath Palihapitiya in October 2019.

At the time Virgin Galactic said it would start flying clients in 2020, and Branson and three other organization workers made a feature snatching test spaceflight in July 2021.

Be that as it may, from that point forward deferrals to its rocket trying and advancement have consistently pushed back business administration to recently at the soonest.