The Spaceship Company

Virgin Galactic is making good progress towards providing suborbital flights to paying passengers. SpaceShipTwo is performing well in test flights. The rocket engine that will carry SpaceShipTwo to the edge of space is also doing well in its test program. The Spaceship Company, which will build VG's fleet of ships, has recently broken ground in Mojave, California, on its production facility. Spaceport America, in New Mexico, which will be VG's operational base, continues its build out, as reported recently in this blog.

VG is increasingly confident that it will be in space next year, though whether that will be with commercial flights or only with test flights has yet to be determined. VG's first order with TSC calls for two carrier aircraft and five spaceships. Possible additions to that fleet will be judged according to customer demand after the initial rush.