ORLANDO, Fla. — Virgin Galactic still expects to resume commercial suborbital flights by the end of the year as its first next-generation spaceplane nears completion.
In a March 30 earnings call, company executives outlined the status of the development of its first SpaceShip suborbital spaceplane, which is in final assembly in a factory near Phoenix.
"With structural assembly set to finish over the next week or two, we expect to bring this ship into ground testing in April, which has it on track for our first spaceflight in Q4 2026," Michael Colglazier, chief executive of Virgin Galactic, said in the call.
