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On February 26, Virgin Galactic announced that the DelTA-class spacecraft program would launch its first flight in summer 2026, with this mission focused on scientific research. The company also stated that the first private passenger flight on the DelTA spacecraft was expected to begin in the same year's fall.

On the same day, Virgin Galactic reported its 2024 fourth-quarter revenue at $400,000, down from $28.2 million in the previous year. The revenue drop was attributed to the company suspending its commercial flights to focus on producing the DelTA-class spacecraft. The company also reported a net loss of $7.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to a net loss of $104 million in the same quarter the previous year.

In July 2022, Virgin Galactic announced that it had leased a manufacturing facility in the鳳凰城郊區(qū)梅薩 to produce its next-generation DelTA-class spacecraft. The company aims to use two new motherships and a growing DelTA-class space fleet to achieve a goal of launching up to 400 suborbital missions annually.

Virgin Galactic is a commercial space travel company founded by Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of British airline British Airways.

In February 2016, "維珍銀河" (Virgin Galactic) launched a new spacecraft designed for space travel in the United States, making it the first commercial spacecraft in the world.

In October 2019, Virgin Galactic went public on the New York Stock Exchange, becoming the first space tourism company to list on the stock market. At the time, it had announced that Boeing had invested $20 million in the company.

On May 22, 2021, Virgin Galactic successfully completed its first human spaceflight in the United States. By June, the company received approval to conduct載人太空飛行, and founder Richard Branson personally participated in the spaceflight trials.

In June 2023, Virgin Galactic successfully completed its first commercial spaceflight, transporting paying customers to the edge of space. The flight duration was 90 minutes, but the cost was as high as $250,000, though the company has already attracted a batch of wealthy celebrity clients.

In the suborbital space tourism market, Virgin Galactic faces direct competitors such as Blue Origin (Blue Origin) and SpaceX. Despite facing technical and financial challenges, the company is still committed to maintaining its market position through continuous innovation and market expansion.