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Virgin Galactic

US
commercialFounded 2004
Tustin, California, United States
www.virgingalactic.com
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The contract between Virgin Galactic and Aurora called for the production of two mothership aircraft with the first aircraft to be delivered in 2025.

Mentioned as: Virgin GalacticNarrative GeneralMar 26, 2024Boeing sues Virgin Galactic over mothership project

Virgin Galactic plans for the Delta-class suborbital spaceplane to begin test flights in 2025 and enter commercial service in 2026.

Mentioned as: Virgin GalacticNarrative PlanMar 26, 2024Boeing sues Virgin Galactic over mothership project

Virgin Galactic selected Aurora Flight Sciences in July 2022 to build a replacement mothership aircraft for VMS Eve.

Mentioned as: Virgin GalacticOrg RelationshipMar 26, 2024Boeing sues Virgin Galactic over mothership project

Boeing and Aurora allege that Virgin Galactic refused to pay more than $25,000,000 for work on a new mothership aircraft and misappropriated trade secrets.

Mentioned as: Virgin GalacticNarrative FinancialMar 26, 2024Boeing sues Virgin Galactic over mothership project

Virgin Galactic is selling house seats for $600,000, which is the same price as research seats and one third higher than the previous list price of $450,000.

Mentioned as: Virgin GalacticNarrative FinancialFeb 28, 2024Virgin Galactic expects no delay to next suborbital flight

Virgin Galactic has nearly $1,000,000,000 in cash and equivalents supporting development of the Delta-class vehicles.

Mentioned as: Virgin GalacticOrg RelationshipFeb 28, 2024Virgin Galactic expects no delay to next suborbital flight

Virgin Galactic sold individual seats that had opened up on its flight manifest for close to $1,000,000 each.

Mentioned as: Virgin GalacticOrg RelationshipFeb 28, 2024Virgin Galactic expects no delay to next suborbital flight

Virgin Galactic projects that a fleet of four to five Delta-class spaceplanes and two mothership aircraft could support 300 to 400 flights a year from a spaceport and generate more than $1,000,000,000 a year in revenue.

Mentioned as: Virgin GalacticOrg RelationshipFeb 28, 2024Virgin Galactic expects no delay to next suborbital flight

Virgin Galactic expects average per-seat revenue of more than $800,000 for Galactic 07.

Mentioned as: Virgin GalacticNarrative FinancialFeb 28, 2024Virgin Galactic expects no delay to next suborbital flight

Virgin Galactic notified the Federal Aviation Administration of the alignment-pin incident on 2024-02-05.

Mentioned as: Virgin GalacticNarrative GeneralFeb 28, 2024Virgin Galactic expects no delay to next suborbital flight

Virgin Galactic is considering long-term options to expand operations to other sites in the United States or other countries and to expand at Spaceport America itself.

Mentioned as: Virgin GalacticNarrative GeneralFeb 28, 2024Virgin Galactic expects no delay to next suborbital flight

Spaceport America has added a viewing area for visitors to watch Virgin Galactic flights since the 2021 launches.

Mentioned as: Virgin GalacticNarrative GeneralFeb 19, 2024From Southwest Regional Spaceport to Spaceport America

Virgin Galactic plans to replace SpaceShipTwo with a new larger 'Delta' class spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Virgin GalacticNarrative GeneralFeb 19, 2024From Southwest Regional Spaceport to Spaceport America

In November 2023, Virgin Galactic announced that SpaceShipTwo would only conduct a handful more flights before pausing operations in 2024.

Mentioned as: Virgin GalacticOrg RelationshipFeb 19, 2024From Southwest Regional Spaceport to Spaceport America

Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic conducts launches from Spaceport America using the spaceplane SpaceShipTwo.

Mentioned as: Virgin GalacticNarrative GeneralFeb 19, 2024From Southwest Regional Spaceport to Spaceport America

Virgin Galactic is operating its suborbital VSS Unity spaceplane for private astronaut flights and is developing a new 'Delta-class' vehicle.

Mentioned as: Virgin GalacticNarrative GeneralFeb 12, 2024Review: Dark Star

Virgin Galactic notified the Federal Aviation Administration of the incident on 2024-01-31.

Mentioned as: virgin galacticNarrative GeneralFeb 5, 2024Virgin Galactic investigating dropped pin on most recent suborbital flight

Virgin Galactic plans to shift to a quarterly flight cadence and halt Unity flights entirely by mid-2024.

Mentioned as: Virgin GalacticNarrative PlanFeb 5, 2024Virgin Galactic investigating dropped pin on most recent suborbital flight

Virgin Galactic completed its first spaceflight of 2024 and its 11th mission to date.

Mentioned as: Virgin GalacticNarrative GeneralJan 29, 2024Virgin Galactic Successfully Completes 11th Spaceflight Mission

Virgin Galactic is producing next-generation Delta-class ships and expects testing to start next year and commercial service to begin in 2026.

Mentioned as: Virgin GalacticNarrative PlanJan 29, 2024Virgin Galactic Successfully Completes 11th Spaceflight Mission
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