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Notable test flights of spaceflight systems may be listed even if they were not planned to reach space. Some lists are further divided into orbital launches (sending a payload into orbit, whether successful or not) and suborbital flights (e.g. ballistic missiles, sounding rockets, experimental spacecraft).
British airline Virgin Atlantic was an early adopter of the A340; in addition to operating several A340-300 aircraft, Virgin Atlantic announced in August 1997 that it would be the worldwide launch customer for the new A340-600. [84] Virgin performed the first commercial flight of the A340-600 in July 2002. [84]
[13] [14] [15] On June 14, 1949, the US launched the first mammal into space, a rhesus macaque monkey named Albert II, on a sub-orbital flight, though Albert II died when the parachute failed. [16] On July 22, 1951, the Soviets launched the Soviet space dogs, Dezik and Tsygan, who were the first dogs in space and the first to safely return. [17]
It was the first-ever nonstop flight between Europe and New Zealand and the longest-ever nonstop flight by an airliner. ... “On a long flight from Hong Kong to London on the A340-300, they would ...
Aug. 3: SpaceX Falcon 9 on the Intelsat G-37 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 1 a.m. The first-stage booster made its sixth flight with a recovery ...
Gilmour Space: Low Earth: Flight test First flight of Eris, and first orbital launch from Bowen. First launch of an Australian developed launch vehicle. February (TBD) [50] Electron: Mahia LC-1: Rocket Lab ⚀ Kinéis × 5 Kinéis: Low Earth: IoT Fifth of five dedicated launches for Kinéis' IoT satellite constellation. February (TBD) [citation ...
SpaceX plans to launch the Falcon 9 carrying the Thuraya 4 satellite Friday at 8:27 p.m. ET from Cape Canaveral, with a backup option Saturday. The mission marks the 20th flight for the rocket's ...
Maiden flight of Long March 12. [225] First launch from the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site. First launch from the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site's LC-2. It is part of the Guowang (Xingwang) constellation.