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Zero Gravity Corporation operates one Boeing 727 aircraft that is certified by the Federal Aviation Administration to perform parabolic flights.
Zero Gravity Corporation spent about a decade working with the Federal Aviation Administration to get its Boeing 727 certified for parabolic flights and to identify suitable airspace.
Virgin Orbit received a Federal Aviation Administration license for the first launch of its LauncherOne vehicle on 2018-06-29.
The FAA issued the license on 2018-06-29 for the first launch of the air-launch system using the LauncherOne rocket flown from a customized Boeing 747 that takes off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California.