"Gateway to Space" Hangar Facility at Spaceport America

The hangar where Virgin Galactic's suborbital spaceplane Spaceship Two (SS2) is kept.

 

"Virgin Galactic is the largest employer at Spaceport America with around 180 employees and holds a 20-year lease agreement for the use of the Gateway to Space and the horizontal launch area. Other tenants with long-term leases at Spaceport America include AeroVironment/ HAPSMobile, UP Aerospace and SpinLaunch. Boeing, Swift Engineering, Stratodynamics, C6 Launch Systems and White Sands Research and Developers are among the many short-term customers at Spaceport America." [ From a July 11, 2021 Press Release]

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