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| Company type | Private |
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| 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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