Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit reported Boeing Co. will make investments in the satellite-launching startup’s prepared $3.2 billion SPAC listing afterwards this year, an investment decision that arrives as the plane maker’s possess room system faces hurdles.

Virgin Orbit reported it would checklist on the Nasdaq stock industry by merging with NextGen Acquisition Corp., a particular-function acquisition company run by previous Goldman Sachs banker George Mattson and Greg Summe, a former senior government at the Carlyle Team.

Boeing’s planned financial investment, which The Wall Avenue Journal to start with claimed previously Monday, arrives by way of a SPAC-connected fundraising round termed a personal investment in community equity, or PIPE. That fundraising has garnered a whole of $100 million in commitments, Virgin Orbit stated.

A Boeing spokeswoman declined to say how a great deal it was investing. She mentioned it was a strategic move and the Chicago-centered company has a longstanding partnership with the Virgin Team. Boeing currently has an financial investment in Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc., Mr. Branson’s place-tourism small business. “We believe that in the importance of the satellite start industry and the capabilities Virgin Orbit delivers to the field,” she claimed.

Private-fairness fund AE Industrial Companions LP will also devote in the PIPE, Virgin stated. AE Industrial Partners did not instantly return a request for comment early Monday.