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Spaceport America, formerly the Southwest Regional Spaceport, is an FAA-licensed spaceport located on 18,000 acres (7,300 ha) of State Trust Land in the Jornada del Muerto desert basin 45 miles (72 km) north of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Truth or Consequences. [1]
Spaceport America, Upham, New Mexico 2006– 50+ Sub-orbital commercial and planned space tourist launches. ...
The aircraft was officially launched on July 28, 2008, in Mojave, California, the United States, at the Mojave Spaceport, home of Scaled Composites. On December 12, 2008, the aircraft performed first taxi tests, [ 7 ] and a week later the maiden flight. [ 8 ]
The New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) is a non-governmental panel, appointed by the Governor of New Mexico, whose members represent the public sector in the development and construction of Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport.
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 Trident missile ...
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After transfer to Spaceport America in New Mexico in February 2020, a couple of 15 km altitude test flights were carried out. Due to a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in New Mexico, Virgin Galactic had to postpone a key test flight of its spacecraft in November 2020, [ 75 ] and then in December 2020, a computer connection issue prevented ...
New Mexico Spaceport blog by Mike McConnell; David, Leonard (May 11, 2004). "New Mexico to host private X Prize spaceflight contests". CNN According to the agency's Web site, selection of a spaceport in New Mexico has centered on Upham, an undeveloped location in Southern New Mexico approximately 45 miles north of Las Cruces and 30 miles east of Truth or Consequences.