The Spaceship Company
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Aerospace |
Founded | Mojave, California (2005) |
Founders | Burt Rutan and Richard Branson |
Headquarters | Mojave, California[1] |
Key people | George Whitesides (CEO) Enrico Palermo (President) Jon Campagna (CFO) |
Products | Spacecraft and aircraft production[1] |
Number of employees | 430 (July 2018)[2] |
Parent | Virgin Galactic |
Website | www.virgingalactic.com/ |
The Spaceship Company (TSC) is a British/American spacecraft manufacturing company that was founded by Burt Rutan and Richard Branson in mid-2005 and was jointly owned by Virgin Group (70%) and Scaled Composites (30%) until 2012 when Virgin Galactic became the sole owner.[3] TSC was formed to own the technology created by Scaled for Virgin Galactic's Virgin SpaceShip program. This includes developments on the care-free reentry[4] system and cantilevered-hybrid rocket motor, licensed from Paul Allen and Burt Rutan's Mojave Aerospace. The company is manufacturing Virgin Galactic's spacecraft and will sell spacecraft to other buyers.[5] The suborbital launch system offered will include the SpaceShipTwo spacecraft and the White Knight Two carrier aircraft.[6]