The enterprise aims to manage the flights of its 800 customers safely, delivering repeated flights with current ships and also while delivering a special experience for private astronauts and researchers.
Virgin Galactic's Q4 results fetched a revenue of $869,000, which was higher than the $564,000 prediction that analysts expected. However, the company lost 55 cents a share, i.e., more than the 50-cents-a-share loss foreseen by Wall Street.
Virgin Galactic is preparing to ramp up testing validation by ground testing its vehicle and concluding glide flights of Unity and a full-powered test flight with a crew of company employees onboard, similar to the flight that Branson took.