Spaceport America's largest tenant, Virgin Galactic, will resume commercial flights out of the launch facility in the fourth quarter of 2026, after what will have been a hiatus of more than two years.

During an earnings call this week, Virgin Galactic officials said Spaceport flights could begin again as early as October of next year. The company paused its monthly trips to space out of Las Cruces in June of last year while it builds its new Delta-class rocket ships, which will be able to fly twice a week instead of the usual once-a-month launches that happened in 2023 and 2024 , officials have said.

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