Virgin Galactic
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Virgin Galactic is a commercial spaceflight company that aims to provide suborbital space tourism and research flights using reusable spacecraft.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerospace company
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commercial spaceflight company → space tourism company → |
| achieved |
first crewed spaceflight in 2018
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| announcedCommercialService |
2023
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| competitor |
Blue Origin
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SpaceX → |
| country |
United States
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| develops |
spaceflight training programs
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| firstSpaceflight |
VSS Unity flight on 13 December 2018
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| flightProfile |
air-launch to suborbital trajectory
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| focusesOn |
reusable spacecraft operations
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suborbital human spaceflight → |
| founded |
2004
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| foundedBy |
Richard Branson
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| hasSubsidiary |
The Spaceship Company
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| headquartersLocation |
Mojave, California, United States
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Tustin, California, United States → |
| industry |
aerospace
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space tourism → space transportation → |
| mission |
provide suborbital research flights
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provide suborbital space tourism flights → |
| offers |
astronaut training experiences
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microgravity research flights → suborbital spaceflights → |
| offersExperience |
several minutes of weightlessness
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views of Earth from space → |
| operatesFrom |
Spaceport America
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| parentOrganization |
Virgin Group
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| partOf |
Virgin Group
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| regulator |
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
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| safetyIncident |
VSS Enterprise crash on 31 October 2014
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| spacecraftType |
reusable suborbital spaceplane
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| spaceportLocation |
Spaceport America, New Mexico, United States
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| SPACPartner |
Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp.
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| stockExchangeListing |
New York Stock Exchange
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| targetMarket |
microgravity researchers
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space tourists → |
| tickerSymbol |
SPCE
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| ticketPriceRange |
hundreds of thousands of US dollars
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| usesCarrierAircraft |
VMS Eve
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WhiteKnightTwo → |
| usesPropulsion |
hybrid rocket motor
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| usesSpacecraft |
SpaceShipTwo
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VSS Unity → |
| VSSUnityReachedSpace |
above 80 km altitude
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| website |
https://www.virgingalactic.com/
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| wentPublicVia |
SPAC merger
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Referenced by (17)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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SpaceShipTwo
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VSS Unity → WhiteKnightTwo → |
operator |
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VSS Unity
("Virgin Galactic commercial spaceflight program")
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WhiteKnightTwo → |
program |
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The Spaceship Company
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coFounder |
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Scaled Composites
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collaboratedWith |
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The Spaceship Company
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customer |
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Philippe Starck
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designedForBrand |
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SpaceShipTwo
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developedBy |
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Richard Branson
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founded |
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Richard Branson
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founderOf |
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Virgin Group
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owns |
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The Spaceship Company
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parentCompany |
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WhiteKnightTwo
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primaryUser |
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Virgin Orbit
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spunOffFrom |
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Virgin Group
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subsidiary |