Virgin Galactic delays next commercial spaceflight to 2027. Virgin Galactic has pushed the resumption of its commercial flights back by a few months, to February 2027.
O que aconteceu
Virgin Galactic's next customers will have to wait a bit longer to get off the ground.
The suborbital space tourism company hasn't been to the final frontier since June 2024.
It had been targeting late 2026 for the resumption of commercial service, but that's not going to happen, we learned on Wednesday (Aug.
Por que importa
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Consequência prática
12)."We've moved our first commercial spaceflight to this coming February to allow additional time to complete avionics and systems installations," Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier said on Wednesday, during a call the company held to discuss its financial results for the second quarter of 2026.
"No single issue is driving the schedule push," he added.
"Rather, we have experienced modest time-duration extension across hundreds of relatively small but important installation tasks involved in the first build of our new spaceship."The coming mission won't be Virgin Galactic's first commercial spaceflight overall.
That occurred in June 2023 and was performed by the company's VSS Unity space plane, which was retired a year later following its seventh operational, customer-carrying flight.
Virgin Galactic's next customers will have to wait a bit longer to get off the ground. Com base em 80%, o movimento reforça a leitura de que decisões em Lifestyle precisam ser acompanhadas com atenção aos dados e ao desfecho concreto.
The suborbital space tourism company hasn't been to the final frontier since June 2024. Com base em 80%, o movimento reforça a leitura de que decisões em Lifestyle precisam ser acompanhadas com atenção aos dados e ao desfecho concreto.
It had been targeting late 2026 for the resumption of commercial service, but that's not going to happen, we learned on Wednesday (Aug. Com base em 80%, o movimento reforça a leitura de que decisões em Lifestyle precisam ser acompanhadas com atenção aos dados e ao desfecho concreto.
12)."We've moved our first commercial spaceflight to this coming February to allow additional time to complete avionics and systems installations," Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier said on Wednesday, during a call the company held to discuss its financial results for the second quarter of 2026. Com base em 80%, o movimento reforça a leitura de que decisões em Lifestyle precisam ser acompanhadas com atenção aos dados e ao desfecho concreto.
"No single issue is driving the schedule push," he added. Com base em 80%, o movimento reforça a leitura de que decisões em Lifestyle precisam ser acompanhadas com atenção aos dados e ao desfecho concreto.
"Rather, we have experienced modest time-duration extension across hundreds of relatively small but important installation tasks involved in the first build of our new spaceship."The coming mission won't be Virgin Galactic's first commercial spaceflight overall. Com base em 80%, o movimento reforça a leitura de que decisões em Lifestyle precisam ser acompanhadas com atenção aos dados e ao desfecho concreto.