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Virgin Galactic's Delta Spaceship Is 'Start Of A Spaceline Design'
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15/10/2024
Virgin Galactic has unveiled its Delta spaceship. It is designed to fly more frequently than its predecessor with more passengers.
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At Virgin Galactic, we've made incredible strides forward.
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Our Spaceship Unity proved itself, completing six spaceflights in six months, creating 19
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new astronauts.
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A launch rate never seen before in the history of human spaceflight.
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And we're just getting started.
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Introducing the design of Virgin Galactic's Delta-class spaceship.
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Delta is a next-generation design, with each vehicle creating thousands of astronauts in
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its lifecycle, broadening the opportunity of space travel from the few to the many.
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Delta-class spaceships will upgrade our number of passengers from four to six, and will harness
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the supersonic might of the world's most powerful hybrid rocket system.
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Delta-class spaceships are designed in subcomponents and built using state-of-the-art aerospace
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development practices, enabling a far more efficient and rapid build.
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A new design brings new efficiency to get us back in the air faster between flights.
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Spaceship Unity is limited to fly once a month, whereas Delta spaceships will be able
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to fly twice a week, over eight times more efficiently.
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Manufacturing spaceships in this way allows multiple vehicles to be made.
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With each spaceport around the world having up to five ships in their fleet, Virgin Galactic's
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Delta-class vehicle isn't just a spaceship, it's the start of a space line.
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