The British company Virgin Galactic will build a plant in the United States where spacecraft will be produced
What is known
The enterprise will appear near the city of Phoenix,Arizona. The British company plans to produce up to six Delta spacecraft every year. The commissioning of the plant is scheduled for the end of next year.
Virgin Galactic wants to implement every yearabout 400 suborbital flights. To do this, the company will use Delta spacecraft and carrier aircraft, which will be put into operation in 2026 and 2025, respectively.
The announcement to build a plant in Arizona wastaken one year after Virgin Galactic's debut crewed suborbital flight. Recall that on July 11, 2021, the British company made the first tourist flight. One of the crew members was the head of Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson. As part of the mission, the VSS Unity spacecraft and the VMS Eve aircraft were used. The flight lasted almost 14 minutes.
Source: Space News
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