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Mojave Profile

Mojave is Home to More Than 70 Companies at the Mojave Air and Space Port

Mojave is located about 13 miles to the north of Rosamond and 24 miles to the north of Lancaster. It is situated at the junction of California Highways 14 and 58 that already have a large traffic count. Mojave is considered a gateway to the fertile San Joaquin Valley, the popular ski resorts of Mammoth, the Eastern Sierras, Las Vegas and the Los Angeles Basin. Mojave is also home to the Mojave Air and Space Port. The Mojave Air and Space Port is home to more than 70 companies including Scaled Composites, National Test Pilot School, XCOR Aerospace, Virgin Galactic, and BAE Systems. The Mojave Air and Space Port offers cutting edge aviation, high-tech manufacturing and light industrial enterprises at one of Southern California’s best transportation hubs. Mojave is well located for industry, offering both the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and the Union Pacific Railway that serve the rail transportation requirements of companies and mining operations located in the Mojave area.

• Virgin Orbit Plans First Space Launch from Mojave Air and Space Port

  

  According to the Victorville Daily Press, May 20, 2020, Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit plans its first attempt to launch a demonstration

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• Virgin Galactic’s Next Spaceship Reaches Build Milestone in Mojave Desert

  

  As stated in an article in the Victorville Daily Press, January 8, 2020, Virgin Galactic’s next passenger spaceship has reached a major construction milestone, the company said. All major

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• A Massive Plane in Mojave

  

  As mentioned in the Victorville Daily Press, June 9, 2017, out in Mojave, California, on May 31, 2017, the world’s “largest all-composite plane ever built” rolled out of its

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• The Largest Plane in the World is Currently in Production at Mojave Air and Space Port

  

  According to Boldride.com, August 2, 2015, a large aircraft is expected to take flight in 2016, and when completed, it will officially be the largest plane in the world. That massive

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