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Spaceport America, formerly the Southwest Regional Spaceport, is an FAA-licensed spaceport located on 18,000 acres (7,300 ha) of State Trust Land in the Jornada del Muerto desert basin 45 miles (72 km) north of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Truth or Consequences. [1]
The New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) is a non-governmental panel, appointed by the Governor of New Mexico, whose members represent the public sector in the development and construction of Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport.
After transfer to Spaceport America in New Mexico in February 2020, a couple of 15 km altitude test flights were carried out. Due to a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in New Mexico, Virgin Galactic had to postpone a key test flight of its spacecraft in November 2020, [ 75 ] and then in December 2020, a computer connection issue prevented ...
May 7—Virgin Galactic plans to fly to space 125 times per year beginning in 2026 while scaling up its operations at Spaceport America in southern New Mexico. Virgin Galactic made the ...
Sep. 13—Virgin Galactic officials doubled down on their commitment to Spaceport America, telling a legislative committee on Friday that it plans to build a new $30 million hangar that would ...
Spaceport America in southern New Mexico is the super-cool launchpad from which Virgin Galactic promises to send its first commercial spacecraft into Spaceport America: The Hub Where Future ...
In 2018, ABL Space Systems signed a lease with Camden County, Georgia, for future operations in Spaceport Camden. [4] In 2019, the company signed with Spaceport America in New Mexico to locate some ABL testing operations and facilities there. [5] As of October 2022, the company makes no mention of this location on their facility list. [6]
Aug. 5—The new executive director of Spaceport America said the facility is primed to become a major economic development source for the state, and not just because billionaire Richard Branson ...