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Virgin Galactic completes first Space Flight with Crew

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Virgin Galactic completes first Space Flight with Crew

SF, Calif. 11th July 2021: Virgin Galactic VSS Unity first time successfully reached space with the full crew. The flight was the 22nd test flight of VSS Unity and the first test flight with a full crew in the cabin, including the Company’s founder, Sir Richard Branson. The crew fulfilled a number of test objectives related to the cabin and customer experience, including evaluating the commercial customer cabin, the views of Earth from space, the conditions for conducting research and the effectiveness of the five-day pre-flight training program at Spaceport America. VSS Unity achieved a speed of Mach 3 after being released from the mothership, VMS Eve. The vehicle reached space, at an altitude of 53.5 miles, before gliding smoothly to a runway landing at Spaceport America. This s...

Virgin Hyperloop One: Pune to Mumbai in just 25 Minutes

The transport of the future is here with the Virgin Hyperloop One announcing on Sunday its plan to build a hyperloop between Pune and Mumbai beginning with an operational demonstration track. The hyperloop is believed to decrease the present travel time of approximately 3 hours to 25 minutes. The hyperloop route is planned to link central Pune, Navi Mumbai International Airport, and Mumbai. The company is aiming to connect 26 million people with the hyperloop and supporting 150 Mn passenger trips per year. Why I believe @Virgin @HyperloopOne could have the same impact upon India in the 21st century as trains did in the 20th century https://t.co/IkYbfIs2yi pic.twitter.com/WEuS6VWbzU — Richard Branson (@richardbranson) February 18, 2018 The American Company declared the fra...

Sunil Bharti Backed OneWeb To Build 15 Internet Satellites Per Week

Satellite internet Startup OneWeb Ltd plans to manufacture 15 satellites per week at a planned factory in Florida as part of its push to provide global high-speed internet access, company officials said on Tuesday. Backed by Richard Branson's Virgin Group and other well-known firms, OneWeb aims to supply internet services worldwide through a fleet of 700 or more satellites it expects to have in orbit and operating by the end of 2019. Construction of the Florida factory has not yet begun and OneWeb did not say when manufacturing would start. On Tuesday, it unveiled the factory's location near NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, two days after Reuters reported it. The first group of 10 satellites are being built at partner Airbus' Toulouse, France facility. Typically, communi...