Branson joined a group of customers who watched Thursday's flight from Spaceport America.

Source: https://gazette.com/ap/virgin-galactic-completes-final-test-flight-before-launching-paying-customers-to-space/article_ed37f1b5-0990-5272-a409-c8f6d2e3ac49.html

“Even the federal government couldn’t build a new Vandenberg,” says Tom Marotta, the CEO of The Spaceport Company, a startup that wants to solve the problem by launching rockets from ships at sea.

Source: https://qz.com/emails/space-business/1851002965/space-business-simbys

Melissa Thorpe is the new boss of Spaceport Cornwall, yet for the Canadian-born aviation buff, the new role is far from being the beginning of the journey.

Source: https://www.business-live.co.uk/professional-services/business-investor-nel-fund-managers-25914659

Spaceport is already seeing the benefits of having the new launch pad, which is ready for action with a new R&D centre and workshops that open in March.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/comment/article-11607563/MAGGIE-PAGANO-watch-Girl-UK-space-industry-set-lift-off.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The company did not host media for the launch at Spaceport America or provide a livestream of the mission, instead giving limited updates on social media.

Source: https://spacenews.com/virgin-galactic-makes-first-suborbital-spaceflight-in-nearly-two-years/

The first mission, Galactic 01, is set to launch on Thursday at 11:00 a.m. ET from Spaceport America in New Mexico.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/280e4dae946880c3?ref=ff

The space plane glided back to a runway landing at Spaceport America in the New Mexico desert, after a brief flight that gave passengers a few minutes of weightlessness.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/business-news/2023/08/virgin-galactic-all-set-to-fly-its-first-tourists-to-the-edge-of-space/

They’ve had Spaceport and Virgin employees and a handful of customers on space missions stop in for a beer, said Ms. Blaue, whose selection includes space-named brews such as Star Eater Black I.P.A. and Cosmic Blonde.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/business/economy/spaceport-america-new-mexico.html

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo vehicle, VSS Unity, took off from Spaceport America attached to its VMS Eve mothership at 11:28 a.m. Eastern.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/2e6314e06301256b?ref=ff

Virgin Orbit conducted the first orbital launch attempt from U.K. soil in January with a flight out of Spaceport Cornwall in England.

Source: https://spacenews.com/u-k-government-wont-buy-virgin-orbit/