From the time of TSC's formation in 2005, the launch customer was Virgin Galactic, which contracted to purchase five SpaceShipTwos and two WhiteKnightTwos Scaled Composites was contracted to develop and build the initial prototypes of WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo, and then TSC began production of the follow-on vehicles beginning in 2008. The Spaceship Company (TSC) was founded by Richard Branson through Virgin Group (which owned 70%), and Burt Rutan through Scaled Composites (which owned 30%), to build commercial spaceships and launch aircraft for space travel. Virgin Galactic was founded in 2004 by British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, who had previously founded the Virgin Group and the Virgin Atlantic airline, and who had a long personal history of balloon and surface record-breaking activities.Īs part of Branson's promotion of the firm, he has added a variation of the Virgin Galactic livery to his personal business jet, the Dassault Falcon 900EX "Galactic girl" (G-GALX). Structure and history Formation and early activities 10.1 First launch of founder into space.7.2.1.1 SpaceShipTwo's projected performance.5.2 OneWeb satellite Internet access provider.3.2 Commencement of sub-space test flights.3.1 2007 Scaled Composites fuel tank testing explosion.2.1 Overview of the flights to be developed.The company aims to have about 3 launches per month sometime in 2023. The company had sold tickets before February 2022 to clients that had paid deposits earlier or otherwise "were on a list" as of November 2021 the company had about 700 customers (tickets sold).
In February 2022, Virgin Galactic announced that it opens ticket sales to the public. On 11 July 2021, the company founder Richard Branson and three other employees rode on a flight as passengers, marking the first time a spaceflight company founder has travelled on his own ship into outer space (according to the NASA definition of outer space beginning at 50 miles above the Earth). In February 2019, the project carried three people, including a passenger, on VSS Unity VF-01, with a member of the team floating within the cabin during a spaceflight that reached 89.9 kilometres (55.9 mi). On 13 December 2018, VSS Unity achieved the project's first suborbital space flight, VSS Unity VP-03, with two pilots, reaching an altitude of 82.7 kilometres (51.4 mi), and officially entering outer space by U.S. The company also has aspirations for suborbital transport and in 2017, Branson has said that Virgin Galactic was "in the best position in the world" to provide rocket-powered, point-to-point 3,000 mph (4,800 km/h) air travel. The company did the early work on the satellite launch development of LauncherOne before this was hived off to a separate company, Virgin Orbit, in 2017. Branson had originally hoped to see a maiden spaceflight by 2010, but the date was delayed for several years, primarily due to the October 2014 crash of VSS Enterprise. Virgin Galactic‘s maiden spaceflight occurred in 2018 with its VSS Unity spaceship. Virgin Galactic's suborbital spacecraft are air launched from beneath a carrier airplane known as White Knight Two. The company is developing commercial spacecraft and aims to provide suborbital spaceflights to space tourists. It is headquartered in California, and operates from New Mexico. Virgin Galactic is an American spaceflight company founded by Richard Branson and his British Virgin Group retains an 11.9% stake through Virgin Investments Limited. SpaceX reusable launch system development.SpaceX Mars transportation infrastructure.
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