The Spaceship Company
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The Spaceship Company is an aerospace manufacturing firm co-founded by Virgin Galactic to build and test suborbital spaceplanes and related spacecraft.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerospace manufacturer
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company ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
NewSpace industry
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space tourism ⓘ |
| businessModel | in-house manufacturing arm for Virgin Galactic ⓘ |
| coFounder | Virgin Galactic ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | Virgin Galactic engineering teams ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| customer | Virgin Galactic ⓘ |
| designRole | design of composite airframes for spaceplanes ⓘ |
| facility | manufacturing and assembly hangars at Mojave Air and Space Port ⓘ |
| focus |
reusable spaceplane technology
ⓘ
suborbital human spaceflight vehicles ⓘ |
| hasDesignPhilosophy | reusable crewed suborbital vehicles ⓘ |
| hasObjective |
to enable routine commercial suborbital flights
ⓘ
to industrialize production of Virgin Galactic spacecraft ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Mojave, California
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surface form:
Mojave, California, United States
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| industry |
aerospace
ⓘ
spaceflight manufacturing ⓘ |
| notableWork |
SpaceShipTwo
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VSS Unity ⓘ WhiteKnightTwo ⓘ |
| operatesAt | Mojave Air and Space Port ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Virgin Galactic ⓘ |
| product |
SpaceShipTwo-class vehicles
ⓘ
WhiteKnightTwo-class carrier aircraft ⓘ mothership aircraft ⓘ spacecraft components ⓘ suborbital spaceplanes ⓘ |
| purpose |
to build and test suborbital spaceplanes
ⓘ
to support Virgin Galactic’s commercial spaceflight operations ⓘ |
| regionServed | global commercial spaceflight market ⓘ |
| roleInVirginGroup | manufacturing and testing arm for Virgin Galactic’s fleet ⓘ |
| safetyFocus | human-rated suborbital spacecraft ⓘ |
| sector |
commercial spaceflight
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private space industry ⓘ |
| service |
aerospace engineering
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flight testing ⓘ spacecraft manufacturing ⓘ |
| technology |
air-launch carrier aircraft integration
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composite materials ⓘ |
| testingRole |
flight test support for Virgin Galactic vehicles
ⓘ
ground testing of spaceplane structures ⓘ |
| usesLaunchMethod | air launch from carrier aircraft ⓘ |
| vehicleTypeDeveloped |
high-altitude carrier aircraft
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rocket-powered spaceplanes ⓘ |
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