The agreement calls for the first ship to enter service in 2025, the same year
They represent the spaceflight company's next generation of motherships and are expected to be able to fly up to 200 launches per year, Virgin said in a statement.
A mothership serves as the air launch carrier aircraft in
Aurora has been working with edge aircraft from concept to delivery and specializes in novel aircraft configurations and complex composites.
The company has been around for 30 years and has been working with
"Our next generation motherships are integral to scaling our operations. They will be faster to produce, easier to maintain and will allow us to fly substantially more missions each year,"
"Supported by the scale and strength of
Branson's flight aboard the
Unity is one of two spacecraft currently in the company's fleet, with VSS Imagine as the other.
Branson remains
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