The Galactic 04 flight of the suborbital spaceplane SpaceShipTwo Unity took place on 6 October 2023. The flight was dubbed Galactic 04. Carrier aircraft VMS Eve took off from Spaceport America in New Mexico, USA, at 1528 GMT on 6 October 2023 with SpaceShipTwo VSS...
Although Spanish launch firm PLD Space declared that its Miura 1 suborbital test rocket achieved “all technical objectives” on its maiden flight, in truth the flight did not achieve its planned altitude and was meant to have flown higher. Miura 1’s debut launch took...
Virgin Galactic has made another commercial suborbital launch. Carrier aircraft VMS Eve took off from Spaceport America in New Mexico, USA at 1434 GMT on 8 September 2023 with SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity slung underneath. . This was the third commercial mission for...
The Virgin Galactic suborbital launch operation is gathering steam as it launches its second passenger flight. The suborbital SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity space plane was carried into the air by the WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft Eve from Spaceport America at 1429 GMT on...
Virgin Galactic made the first fully commercial flight of its air-dropped SpaceShipTwo rocket plane VSS Unity on 29 June. The nearly 14 minute long Galactic 01 mission (from drop to landing) flew successfully to the edge of space before landing safely back at the...
Rocket Lab made a the first suborbital launch of its Electron rocket for a paying from Wallops Island, Virginia, USA at 0125 GMT on 18 June 2023. The mission was flown in relative secrecy but it is known to be carrying a payload codenamed DYNAMO-A on a flight called...
