The Spaceship Company

Virgin Galactic Holdings, LLC
Company type	Private
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	Mojave, California (2005)
Founders	Burt Rutan and Richard Branson
Headquarters	Mojave, California
Key people	George Whitesides (CEO); Enrico Palermo (President); Jon Campagna (CFO);
Products	Spacecraft and aircraft production
Number of employees	430 (July 2018)
Parent	Virgin Galactic
Website	[1] 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]

^ ^a ^b The SpaceShip Company Archived 2010-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, Virgin Galactic press release, 2010-01-21, accessed 2010-03-24.
^ The Spaceship Company Archived 2021-01-09 at the Wayback Machine - Home site. Accessed: 18 September 2018.
^ "Virgin Galactic acquires full ownership of The Spaceship Company" (Press release). The Spaceship Company. 2012-10-05. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
^ See section headed "SPACESHIPONE" at the FAQ Page Archived 2010-03-02 at the Wayback Machine of Scaled Composites' website for more details.
^ Cite error: The named reference aw20110708 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Virgin Galactic Announces LauncherOne – A Satellite Launcher for WhiteKnightTwo" (Press release). The Spaceship Company. 2012-06-11. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2013.