Virgin Galactic (English Wikipedia)

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"Virgin Galactic spaceship makes third powered test flight". Chicago Tribune. 10 January 2014. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

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Sheetz, Michael (15 June 2023). "Virgin Galactic sets first commercial space tourism flight for this month; shares spike more than 30%". CNBC. Archived from the original on 15 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
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Sheetz, Michael (5 April 2018). "Virgin Galactic completes first rocket powered, supersonic flight of new spacecraft Unity". cnbc.com. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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Wattles, Jackie (16 November 2020). "Virgin Galactic delays key test flight after pandemic causes shutdowns". CNN. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
Carrington, Daisy (16 August 2013). "What does a $250,000 ticket to space with Virgin Galactic actually buy you?". CNN.com. Retrieved 17 August 2013.

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Weston Williams (5 December 2016). "Space tourism: Virgin Galactic makes successful glide test". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

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Krishna, Swapna (11 January 2018). "Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo is almost ready for powered tests". engadget.com. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
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"PICTURES: WhiteKnight Two's spoilers get holes". Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
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Allen, Nick (8 December 2009). "Richard Branson unveils Virgin Galactic's spaceship Enterprise". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
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"Virgin Galactic's space programme moves forward as SpaceShipTwo carries out first successful glide test". The Telegraph. 4 December 2016. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2016.

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Kaila Hale-Stern (3 December 2015). "Virgin Galactic Announces New "Cosmic Girl" Mothership That Could Help It Compete With SpaceX". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

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Schreck, Adam. "Abu Dhabi partners with Virgin Galactic spaceship firm". ABC News. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

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"What is Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo?". ITV. 31 October 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021. It was designed to be carried 15km into the air by the WhiteKnightTwo jet and then released by the mothership, whereupon a rocket motor ignites to fire the craft to an altitude of 110km, before it returns to Earth as a glider.

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Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (29 June 2023). "Galactic 01 stats: launch 1528:38 UTC, apogee 85.1 km, flight time from drop to main gear touchdown 13m50s. Drop location EBR P3 in my launch points list (107.0W 33.3N)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (10 August 2023). "I don't quite agree with these numbers. I have takeoff of White Knight 2 at 1429:45 UTC (in agreement with their 8.30 am MDT) but landing of SS2 at 1532:48 UTC (9.32 am MDT). Release time 1517:10 UTC and SS2 free flight time 15:38 with apogee 88.5 km" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
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collectspace.com (Global: 7,708^th place; English: 5,883^rd place)

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go.com (Global: 97^th place; English: 79^th place)

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latimes.com (Global: 32^nd place; English: 21^st place)

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nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

phys.org (Global: 1,595^th place; English: 1,363^rd place)

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reuters.com (Global: 38^th place; English: 30^th place)

sec.gov (Global: 617^th place; English: 437^th place)

sky.com (Global: 566^th place; English: 355^th place)

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telegraph.co.uk (Global: 40^th place; English: 27^th place)

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