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Was it an abort or launch failure? SpaceShipTwo abandons launch one second after ignition

Was it an abort or launch failure? SpaceShipTwo abandons launch one second after ignition

by David Todd | Dec 14, 2020 | Launches, Seradata News, Space tourism, Spaceport, Suborbital, Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Unity rocket plane was air-dropped on a suborbital test flight from its mother ship WhiteKnightTwo Eve (which lifted off from Spaceport America at 1524 GMT) from an altitude of 13km at 1615 GMT on 12 December. An attempted ignition was...
Virgin Atlantic woes leads Sir Richard Branson to sell part of Virgin Group’s stake in Virgin Galactic

Virgin Atlantic woes leads Sir Richard Branson to sell part of Virgin Group’s stake in Virgin Galactic

by David Todd | May 12, 2020 | Virgin Galactic

With the UK Government about to impose a 14-day quarantine on arriving passengers from most other countries, UK airlines and airports, are protesting.  Rather than a very disruptive quarantine airports and airlines would ideally prefer much less draconian measures on...
Virgin Galactic merger with SCH is heralded by jump in share price (Updated)

Virgin Galactic merger with SCH is heralded by jump in share price (Updated)

by Matt Wilson | Oct 25, 2019 | Commercial human spaceflight, Finance, Seradata News, Space tourism, Virgin Galactic

In a vote on 23 October, shareholders of SCH (Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp.) approved its merger with upcoming space tourism firm Virgin Galactic. Following the completion of the transaction, Virgin Galactic became a Delaware-based publicly traded company...
Virgin Galactic merger with SCH is heralded by jump in share price (Updated)

Virgin Galactic to merge with already publicly traded Social Capital Hedosophia in US$1.3bn deal

by Matt Wilson | Jul 9, 2019 | Commercial human spaceflight, Finance, Seradata News, Space tourism

Space tourism operator Virgin Galactic (VG) and the investment partnership, Social Capital Hedosophia (SCH) announced on 8 July that they had agreed a deal that will see SCH shareholders own approximately 49 per cent of the new combined Virgin Galactic. The merger is...
SpaceShipTwo makes another successful test flight but still does not beat Karman line for true spaceflight

SpaceShipTwo makes another successful test flight but still does not beat Karman line for true spaceflight

by David Todd | Feb 26, 2019 | Commercial human spaceflight, Personal spaceflight, Suborbital, Virgin Galactic

At 1607 GMT on 15 February a Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Unity rocketplaine was air-dropped from its carrier aircraft Over the Mojave air strip in California, at.  Aboard was David Mackay – the main test pilot and his co-pilot Mike “Sooch” Masucci (Co-Pilot). ...
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