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In an announcement today at the Farnborough International Air Show, Virgin Galactic revealed it is partnering with a privately funded satellite launcher to build a two stage air launched rocket capable of placing 225 kilograms into orbit for around $10 Million dollars. Skybox Imaging announced it has raised $91 million for a high resolution imaging system, which will use LauncherOne. GeoOptics Inc. is developing a constellation of remote sensing satellites to be orbited by Virgin Galactic. Spaceflight Inc. and Planetary Resources also plan to use LauncherOne. Also, Surrey Satellite Technology and Sierra Nevada Space Systems, announced that they would create optimized satellite designs to match LauncherOne’s performance specifications. |
Posts Tagged ‘WhiteKnightTwo’
Virgin Galactic Unveils LauncherOne
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
Spaceport America Runway Dedication
Sunday, October 24th, 2010|
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The two mile runway at Spaceport America in New Mexico was dedicated Friday, 22 October 2010. One of the highlights of the celebration was the flyover and landing of Virgin Galactic’s White Knight Two carrying the rocket plane Space Ship Two, named Enterprise by Virgin Galactic. Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico, for whom the runway (spaceway) was officially named during the ceremony, commented that:
Sir Richard Branson and approximately 30 of more than 380 Virgin Galactic future astronauts attended the event. Two of the future passengers in attendance were Sonja Rohde from Germany and Perveen Crawford of Hong Kong. Both have already paid the full $200,000 price for their flight into space. “It’s like Christmas, you want to go, you can’t wait. It was always a childhood dream to go to space,” Rohde said. Crawford noted that “It’s a bargain compared to the Russians,” referring to the roughly $35 million past space tourists have paid to ride aboard the Soyuz to the International Space Station. |
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