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| Founded | 2004 | ||||||
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| Fleet size |  1 (mothership vehicle) (2024) | ||||||
| Destinations | 1 (Space) | ||||||
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| Headquarters | Tustin, California, U.S | ||||||
| Key people | Michael Colglazier (CEO) Doug Ahrens (CFO) Mike Moses (President – Safety) | ||||||
| Founder | Richard Branson | ||||||
| Revenue | US$2.31 million (2022) | ||||||
| Operating income | US$−500 million (2022) | ||||||
| Net income | US$−500 million (2022) | ||||||
| Total assets |  US$1.14 billion (2022) | ||||||
| Total equity | US$480 million (2022) | ||||||
| Employees | 1,166 (2022) | ||||||
| Website | virgingalactic.com | ||||||
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Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. is a British-American spaceflight company founded by Richard Branson and the Virgin Group conglomerate, which retains an 11.9% stake through Virgin Investments Limited.[2]
The company in California, and operates from New Mexico. The company develops commercial spacecraft and provides suborbital spaceflights to space tourists. Virgin Galactic's suborbital spacecraft are air launched from beneath a carrier airplane known as White Knight Two. Virgin Galactic's maiden spaceflight occurred in 2018 with its VSS Unity spaceship.[3]
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. The company was shut down in May 2023.
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. standards.[4] 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 11 July 2021, founder Richard Branson and three other employees rode on VSS Unity 22 as passengers, marking the first time a spaceflight company founder has travelled on his own ship into outer space.[5] In February 2022, Virgin Galactic announced that it was opening ticket sales to the public.[6] The price of a reservation was $450,000.[7] In June 2023, Virgin Galactic launched its first commercial space tourism flight called Galactic 01.[8][9] Galactic 07 in June 2024 was the final flight of Unity as the company shifted focus to its Delta class vehicles and a higher launch cadence.[10]
In February 2025, a ticket for a seat is estimated to cost about $600,000.[11]
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- ^ Betz, Eric (27 November 2023). "The Kármán Line: Where space begins". Astronomy Magazine. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ Prang, Allison (15 February 2022). "You Can Now Sign Up to Go to Space With Virgin Galactic". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Blue Origin to increase New Shepard launches in 2022". 18 February 2022.
- ^ Sheetz, Michael (15 June 2023). "Virgin Galactic sets first commercial space tourism flight for this month; shares spike more than 30%". CNBC. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ Sheetz, Michael (29 June 2023). "Virgin Galactic spaceflight live updates: First paying customers set for space in key step for tourism". CNBC. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ Foust, Jeff (8 May 2024). "Virgin Galactic plans higher mothership flight rate with next-generation spaceplanes". SpaceNews. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ updated, Mike Wall last (25 February 2025). "Blue Origin launches 'Perfect 10' space tourists on New Shepard rocket (video)". Space.com. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
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