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 ⓘ |
| announcedCommercialService | 2023 ⓘ |
| competitor |
Blue Origin
ⓘ
SpaceX ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| develops | spaceflight training programs ⓘ |
| firstSpaceflight | VSS Unity flight on 13 December 2018 ⓘ |
| flightProfile | air-launch to suborbital trajectory ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
reusable spacecraft operations
ⓘ
suborbital human spaceflight ⓘ |
| founded | 2004 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Richard Branson ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary | The Spaceship Company ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Mojave, California
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surface form:
Mojave, California, United States
Tustin, California ⓘ
surface form:
Tustin, California, United States
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| 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 ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Virgin Group ⓘ |
| partOf | Virgin Group ⓘ |
| regulator |
Federal Aviation Administration
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surface form:
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
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| safetyIncident | VSS Enterprise crash on 31 October 2014 ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | reusable suborbital spaceplane ⓘ |
| spaceportLocation |
Spaceport America
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surface form:
Spaceport America, New Mexico, United States
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| SPACPartner | Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
microgravity researchers
ⓘ
space tourists ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | SPCE ⓘ |
| ticketPriceRange | hundreds of thousands of US dollars ⓘ |
| usesCarrierAircraft |
VMS Eve
ⓘ
WhiteKnightTwo ⓘ |
| usesPropulsion | hybrid rocket motor ⓘ |
| usesSpacecraft |
SpaceShipTwo
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VSS Unity ⓘ |
| VSSUnityReachedSpace | above 80 km altitude ⓘ |
| website | https://www.virgingalactic.com/ ⓘ |
| wentPublicVia | SPAC merger ⓘ |
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Virgin Galactic commercial spaceflight program
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Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.
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Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.
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Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.
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Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space
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Virgin Galactic commercial spaceflight program
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Virgin Group
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Virgin Group
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Experience Architect at Virgin Galactic
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Virgin Galactic program
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Virgin Galactic suborbital spaceflight program
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Virgin Galactic suborbital spaceflight system