Editing Virgin Galactic (section)

===Investors===
After a claimed investment by [[Virgin Group]] of {{USD|100 million}},<ref name=abcnews/> in 2010 the [[sovereign wealth fund]] of [[Abu Dhabi]], [[Aabar Investments]] group, acquired a 31.8% stake in Virgin Galactic for {{USD|280 million}}, receiving exclusive regional rights to launch tourism and scientific research space flights from the [[United Arab Emirates]] capital.<ref name="abcnews">
{{cite news |last1=Schreck|first1=Adam |title=Abu Dhabi partners with Virgin Galactic spaceship firm |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=8191703 |access-date=2014-06-16 |publisher=ABC News }}</ref> In July 2011, Aabar invested a further {{USD|110 million}} to develop a program to launch [[smallsat|small satellites]] into [[low Earth orbit]], raising their equity share to 37.8%.<ref>{{cite news |title=Abu Dhabi's Aabar boosts Virgin Galactic stake |url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/abu-dhabis-aabar-boosts-virgin-galactic-stake-2011-10-19 |access-date=2014-06-16 |publisher=Market Watch |date=2011-10-19 }}</ref> Virgin announced in June 2014 that they were in talks with [[Google]] about the injection of capital to fund both development and operations.<ref name="sn20140612">
{{cite news |last1=Kleinman|first1=Mark |title=Google In Talks To Take Virgin Galactic Stake |url=http://news.sky.com/story/1280919/google-in-talks-to-take-virgin-galactic-stake |access-date=2014-06-16 |publisher=SkyNews |date=2014-06-12 }}</ref> The New Mexico government has invested approximately $200m (£121m) in the Spaceport America facility, for which Virgin Galactic is the anchor tenant; other commercial space companies also use the site.

On Monday 28 October 2019, Virgin Galactic listed into the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the ticker symbol 'SPCE', the first publicly traded space tourism company (i.e., company whose primary business is space tourism). The company raised $450 million through a SPAC merger listing, and company's market value after listing was more than $2.4 billion. At the time, the company claimed to have over 600 customer reservations representing approximately $80 million in total collected deposits and more than $120 million in "potential revenue".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-28|title=Virgin Galactic launches (on the New York stock exchange)|url=http://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/oct/28/virgin-galactic-spce-launches-new-york-stock-exchange-richard-branson|access-date=2021-03-14|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>