Spaceport America is the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport, owned and operated by the State of New Mexico. It serves as a launch site for suborbital and orbital flights, offering both vertical and horizontal launch capabilities. Key tenants and partners include Virgin Galactic, UP Aerospace, SpinLaunch, and other companies in the commercial space industry, with the goal of enabling affordable and efficient access to space. Associated keywords: commercial spaceflight, launch facility, space tourism, New Mexico Spaceport Authority.
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VSS Unity glided back to Spaceport America and landed at 11:32 a.m. Eastern on 2023-08-10.
Galactic 02 is scheduled for 2023-08-10 from Spaceport America in New Mexico.
VSS Unity reached a peak altitude of 85.1 kilometers before gliding back to a runway landing at Spaceport America.
The 2023-06-29 flight is designated Galactic 01 and will launch from Spaceport America in New Mexico.
The Galactic 01 mission will take place between 2023-06-27 and 2023-06-30 from Spaceport America in New Mexico.
Virgin Galactic planned to perform the first spaceflight in nearly two years by its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle VSS Unity in 2024-05-31 from Spaceport America in New Mexico.
VMS Eve returned to Virgin Galactic’s Mojave, California factory for overhaul and flew back to Spaceport America on 2025-02-27.
VMS Eve’s 2023-02-15 flight was the aircraft’s first since it flew to Mojave from Spaceport America in New Mexico in 2021-10-01.
Phantom Space Corporation completed a 60-second stage hot fire test at Spaceport America in New Mexico.
Once VMS Eve returns to Spaceport America, it will support a glide flight by VSS Unity followed by a powered test flight with company personnel on board and then a flight for the Italian Air Force before starting flights of private astronauts in the second quarter of 2023.
SpinLaunch is based in Long Beach, California and has built its Suborbital Mass Accelerator at Spaceport America in New Mexico.
SpinLaunch built a 33-meter-diameter suborbital centrifuge at Spaceport America in New Mexico for testing.
Kansas City National Security Campus managed by Honeywell was a sponsor of the 2022 Spaceport America Cup.
The University of Sydney won the overall Spaceport America Cup in 2022 with a 30,000-foot rocket launch.
Spaceport America partnered with the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association (ESRA) to hold the 2022 Spaceport America Cup.
Virgin Galactic plans to build a fleet to support 400 flights per year at Spaceport America.
The MOU between Sierra Space and Spaceport America commits both parties to pursue a Part 433 reentry site operator’s license for Spaceport America from the FAA.
Spaceport America operates on 18,000 acres.
Sierra Space will work with Spaceport America to use the spaceport in New Mexico as a potential future landing site for the company’s Dream Chaser vehicle.
Sierra Space signed a memorandum of understanding with Spaceport America on 2022-06-21 to study landings of Dream Chaser vehicles at Spaceport America’s 3,650-meter runway.