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The Spaceship Company
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The Spaceship Company
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. 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 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. The
suborbital launch system offered
will include the
SpaceShipTwo
spacecraft
and the
White Knight Two
carrier aircraft.
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