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Share with friends and circles of friends via wechat scanning QR code < / P > < p > on July 16, U.S. local time on Friday, suborbital space tourism service provider Virgin Galactic announced that it would manufacture the next-generation delta class space plane at a newly leased factory in mesa, a suburb of Phoenix

Virgin Galactic just announced another agreement last week, which will build a new carrier for the delta class space plane. The company said the newly leased facility could produce up to six space shuttles a year

Virgin Galactic said in a statement that this facility is under construction, adjacent to Phoenix Mesa gateway airport, and should be available for use in 2023. However, the statement did not disclose the lease terms, facility area and other details

Michael colglazier, CEO of Virgin Galactic, said in a statement: "our space plane assembly plant is the key to accelerating the production of delta class spacecraft, which will rapidly increase our flight capacity, thereby driving our revenue growth."

Virgin Galactic's goal is to use two new motherships and their growing delta class space shuttle fleet to finally achieve the goal of launching up to 400 suborbital missions per year. The company has previously said that the new space plane is expected to start service in 2025 and carry out the "payload revenue flight" phase. The company also said that the delta class spacecraft should be ready to start shipping paying customers in 2026 < p > Friday's announcement was announced one year after Virgin Galactic realized its first manned space flight on July 11, 2021. This mission was completed with Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson on the VSS unity space plane, which was launched into the air by the carrier VMS Eve, and then started the engine to enter the edge of space

however, Virgin Galactic has not conducted manned flights since then. The company is in the process of upgrading and maintaining unity and Eve, which are the only operating spacecraft and carrier in Virgin Galactic's current fleet

at present, the ticket price of Virgin Galactic is $450000, higher than $250000 before Branson's flight. Virgin Galactic has briefly reopened ticket sales to customers twice since last July. Earlier this year, the company said that the number of customers waiting for tickets was about 800

unlike going into space directly by rocket, Virgin Galactic customers need to launch from the air. The space plane was fixed under the wing of the carrier and lifted off until it reached an altitude of about 50000 feet (about 15000 meters). Then, the space plane landed freely, started the rocket engine and flew to suborbital space

a Virgin Galactic spokesman said that the company's next suborbital space flight plan would be carried out in early 2023, which had been postponed for three months due to "supply chain and labor constraints". So far, VSS unity has conducted four test flights, all of which have entered suborbital space, but it has not yet begun to provide comprehensive commercial services

in early July this year, Virgin Galactic also announced an agreement with Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing subsidiary, to build two new motherships, each of which can be launched up to 200 times a year < p > < p > Virgin Galactic decided to outsource its manufacturing business because it could shorten the delivery time of the Mothership, minimize supply chain problems and reduce costs

perhaps most importantly, the cooperation between the two sides will enable virgin to make use of the existing high skilled labor resources. By relying on aurora for manufacturing, virgin also liberated its internal team to focus on design, engineering and final assembly. The first Mothership is scheduled to enter service in 2025

blue origin, a subsidiary of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is Virgin Galactic's biggest competitor in sub orbital space tourism. It has carried passengers to the "last frontier" five times. The first was on July 20, 2021. The passengers included Bezos, his brother and several others. (small)

2023-03-22 10:04:54