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Organization and Business Operations (Details)

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Organization and Business Operations (Details)
 9 Months Ended
Dec. 29, 2021
$ / shares
shares
Sep. 30, 2022
USD ($)
satellite
launch
$ / shares
Jun. 30, 2022
USD ($)
Jun. 28, 2022
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2021
USD ($)
$ / shares
Sep. 30, 2021
USD ($)
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]            
Number of successful orbital launches | launch   4        
Number of satellites delivered to orbit | satellite   33        
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares   $ 0.0001     $ 0.0001  
Accumulated deficit   $ (959,959,000)     $ (820,454,000)  
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 71,194,000     $ 194,154,000 $ 31,178,000
2022 Convertible Notes | Convertible Debt            
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]            
Debt face amount     $ 50,000,000 $ 50,000,000    
Existing Shareholders | VIECO USA            
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]            
Issued and outstanding Vieco USA common stock (in shares) | shares 303,320,884          
Sale of stock price per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares $ 10.00          
Exchange ratio 1.250301          
Purchase of additional units (in shares) | shares 10,704,645