{"id":8471,"date":"2023-06-16T20:52:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T12:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/virgin-galactic-announces-start-of-commercial-spaceflight-operations\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T20:52:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T12:52:58","slug":"virgin-galactic-announces-start-of-commercial-spaceflight-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/virgin-galactic-announces-start-of-commercial-spaceflight-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Galactic Announces Start of Commercial Spaceflight Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/Virgin_C_638224870432595409.jpg\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"Virgin Galactic Announces Start of Commercial Spaceflight Operations\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/Virgin_C_638224870432595409.jpg\" style=\"opacity: 1.54212e-05;\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/Virgin_C_638224870432595409.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Virgin Galactic Holdings, announced the start of commercial spaceline operations. The first commercial spaceflight, \u2018Galactic 01,\u2019 is planned to fly between June 27 \u2013 June 30, 2023. The second commercial spaceflight, \u2018Galactic 02,\u2019 will follow in early August 2023, with monthly spaceflights expected thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>Virgin Galactic\u2019s team and vehicles are ready to fly the Company\u2019s first customers to space, having successfully completed the Unity 25 spaceflight and subsequent routine analysis and vehicle inspections. \u2018Galactic 01,\u2019 a scientific research mission, will carry three crew members from the Italian Air Force and the National Research Council of Italy to conduct microgravity research. With scientific payloads on board, the spaceflight will showcase the value and power of the unique suborbital science lab that Virgin Galactic offers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Galactic 02,\u2019 which will bring Virgin Galactic\u2019s unique experience to private astronauts, is planned for early August, with monthly flights to space beginning thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are launching the first commercial spaceline for Earth with two dynamic products \u2014 our scientific research and private astronaut space missions, This next exciting chapter for Virgin Galactic has been driven by innovation, determination, and a commitment to delivering an unparalleled and truly transformative customer experience&#8221;, said Michael Colglazier, CEO of Virgin Galactic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0ZQXaSveFEA?&amp;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"fr-draggable\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virgin Galactic Holdings, announced the start of commercial spaceline operations. The first commercial spaceflight, \u2018Galactic 01,\u2019 is planned to fly between June 27 \u2013 June 30, 2023. The second commercial spaceflight, \u2018Galactic 02,\u2019 will follow in early August 2023, with monthly spaceflights expected thereafter. Virgin Galactic\u2019s team and vehicles are ready to fly the Company\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,25],"class_list":["post-8471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}