American private rocket engine and spaceflight development company
XCOR Aerospace
Company type
Private
Industry
Aerospace and space tourism
Founded
September 1999
Defunct
November 2017
Fate
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Headquarters
Mojave Air and Space Port, Mojave, California[1]
Key people
John H. Gibson (CEO)
Products
Suborbital spaceflight
Website
www.xcor.com
XCOR Aerospace was an American private spaceflight and rocket engine development company based at the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, California, Midland International Air and Spaceport in Midland, Texas[2][3] and the Amsterdam area, the Netherlands.[4] XCOR was formed in 1999 by former members of the Rotary Rocket rocket engine development team, and ceased operations in 2017.
By 2015, XCOR was headed by CEO John "Jay" Gibson,[5] who remained CEO until June 2017.[6]
XCOR Aerospace was the parent operation, concerned with engineering and building spaceships and had two main subdivisions within it; XCOR Space Expeditions provided marketing and sales, and XCOR Science had been set up to conduct scientific and educational payload flights.
By May 2016, XCOR was laying off staff[7] and in 2017, XCOR closed their doors for good and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.[3][8]
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of XCOR Lynx Suborbital". Space Media Network Promotions. Space-Travel.com. Retrieved 6 October 2010. Foust, Jeff (9 November 2017). "XCORAerospace Files...
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been conducted with the proposed XCOR Lynx to date. This has been connected with the declared bankruptcy of XCORAerospace in 2017, the company sponsoring...
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