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August 6th, 2025
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Things are progressing for Virgin Galactic’s Delta Class suborbital spaceships for hauling payloads and passengers.
A Virgin Galactic Holdings earnings overview was held on August 6, providing an update on construction of the new SpaceShip as well as the mother ship carrier aircraft.
Michael Colglazier, CEO of Virgin Galactic noted that “Commercial service remains planned for 2026, with both research and private astronaut flights expected in the fall next year.”
Image credit: Virgin Galactic/Inside Outer Space screengrab
Carrier platform
Spotlighted in the meeting were several updates on the program, including:
— Collaborating on a feasibility study with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to leverage the capabilities of the company’s launch vehicle as a carrier platform.
— Progress on a feasibility study to potentially develop a second spaceport in Italy.
— Commercial spaceflight continues to track for 2026, with both research and private astronaut flights expected to commence in the fall of 2026.
— Progress on SpaceShips Continues Across All Systems and Structures.
— SpaceShip wing assembly and feather assembly expected to be completed during Quarter 4 of 2025.
— SpaceShip fuselage expected to be completed late Quarter 4 2025 or early Quarter 1 in 2026.
Image credit: Virgin Galactic
Image credit: Virgin Galactic/Inside Outer Space screengrab
Frequency of flight
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is gearing up to build its advanced SpaceShips and launch vehicle. The firm explains that their next-generation vehicles will bring humans to space at an unprecedented frequency with an industry-leading cost structure.
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Virgin Galactic also released a new video with Spaceline President, Mike Moses, that recaps the latest milestones and highlights the progress made to date on the Delta Class spaceship design.
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