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Virgin Galactic has unveiled its Delta spaceship. It is designed to fly more frequently than its predecessor with more passengers.

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00:04At Virgin Galactic, we've made incredible strides forward.
00:12Our spaceship Unity proved itself, completing six spaceflights in six months, creating 19 new astronauts.
00:21A launch rate never seen before in their history of human spaceflight.
00:25The most sensational day of my life.
00:29And we're just getting started.
00:42Introducing the design of Virgin Galactic's Delta-class spaceship.
00:51Delta is a next-generation design, with each vehicle creating thousands of astronauts in its life cycle, broadening the opportunity
01:00of space travel from the few to the many.
01:12Delta-class spaceships will upgrade our number of passengers from four to six, and will harness the supersonic might of
01:19the world's most powerful hybrid rocket system.
01:23Delta-class spaceships are designed in sub-components, and built using state-of-the-art aerospace development practices, enabling a
01:31far more efficient and rapid build.
01:35A new design brings new efficiency, to get us back in the air faster between flights.
01:40Spaceship Unity is limited to fly once a month, whereas Delta spaceships will be able to fly twice a week,
01:47over eight times more efficient.
01:51Manufacturing spaceships in this way allows multiple vehicles to be made.
01:56With each spaceport around the world having up to five ships in their fleet, Virgin Galactic's Delta-class vehicle isn't
02:03just a spaceship, it's the start of a space-line.
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