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Although not a Virgin Galactic launcher, SpaceShipOne was the direct predecessor of the Virgin Galactic vehicles, and served to demonstrate the feasibility of the concept. SpaceShipOne was an experimental air-launched rocket-powered aircraft with sub-orbital spaceflight capability at speeds of up to 3,000 ft/s (900 m/s), using a hybrid rocket ...
Galactic 03 Spaceport America: Virgin Galactic: Galactic 03: Virgin Galactic: Suborbital Crewed spaceflight: 8 September 15:35: Successful Apogee: 88.6 km (55.1 mi). 27 September 21:10 [179] UGM-133 Trident II: DASO-32: USS Louisiana, Western Range: United States Navy: United States Navy: Suborbital Missile test: 27 September: Successful 6 ...
Galactic 06 Spaceport America: Virgin Galactic: Galactic 06: Virgin Galactic: Suborbital Crewed spaceflight: 26 January 17:56: Successful Apogee: 88.8 km (55.2 mi). 30 January [230] UGM-133 Trident II: HMS Vengeance, ETR: Royal Navy: Royal Navy: Suborbital Missile test: 30 January: Launch failure Second consecutive failure of a UK-launched ...
Jan. 26—Virgin Galactic on Friday completed its first spaceflight of 2024 and its 11th overall mission to space from Spaceport America in southern New Mexico. The "Galactic 06" flight took off ...
Virgin Galactic would take a share of the launch contracts to launch the satellites into their 1,200 km (750 mi) orbits. The prospective launches were to use the LauncherOne system. [ 143 ] [ 144 ] In 2017 the LauncherOne business was spun off into Virgin Orbit , which ceased operations in 2023 following bankruptcy.
Taking a leap to the edge of space will be possible before the end of June
Private Virgin Galatic launch included 18 year-old Anastatia Mayers, the youngest person ever to go to space
GPS III-7, originally scheduled to launch on a ULA Vulcan rocket, was reassigned to the Falcon 9 following uncertainties in Vulcan's readiness. As a result, GPS III-10, originally planned to launch on the Falcon 9, will now launch on Vulcan. Q4 (TBD) [71] [72] Vulcan Centaur: Vandenberg SLC-3E: ULA: TBA: U.S. Space Force: TBA: Reconnaissance ...