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Virgin Galactic delayed work on VSS Imagine to complete flight testing of VSS Unity and to perform an extensive refurbishment of Unity and its WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft VMS Eve after Unity carried company founder Richard Branson to space in July 2021.
Once VMS Eve returns to Spaceport America, it will support a glide flight by VSS Unity followed by a powered test flight with company personnel on board and then a flight for the Italian Air Force before starting flights of private astronauts in the second quarter of 2023.
Virgin Galactic has not conducted a spaceflight since July 2021, when VSS Unity reached space with company founder Richard Branson on board.
Virgin Galactic previously delayed the start of VSS Unity commercial flights from the fourth quarter of 2022 to the first quarter of 2023.
Virgin Galactic’s first quarter earnings release on 2022-05-05 stated the company expected to start commercial flights of its VSS Unity spaceplane in the first quarter of 2023 after completing upgrades of VSS Unity and VMS Eve.
Virgin Galactic’s existing engineering staff are working on Unity, Eve, and Imagine, the new suborbital spaceplane now slated to enter commercial service in mid-2023.
Unity and Eve are scheduled to resume flight tests in the fourth quarter of 2022 with one glide flight and one powered test flight planned before starting commercial service in early 2023.
VSS Imagine will start flying customers later in 2023 and will operate alongside VSS Unity from Spaceport America in New Mexico.
Work on the carrier aircraft VMS Eve is progressing towards completion in the third quarter of 2022, with VSS Unity also expected to complete its maintenance in that quarter.
Virgin Galactic postponed a mission for the Italian Air Force and scheduled maintenance on VSS Unity and VMS Eve to last until the third quarter of 2022.
NextNav Pinnacle received Unity Verified Solution status last year, enabling developers to integrate vertical location capabilities into applications and games built with the Unity engine.
Virgin Galactic projects negative free cash flow of $85,000,000 to $95,000,000 in the fourth quarter because of upgrade work on VMS Eve and VSS Unity as well as Delta Class and new mothership work.
The Enterprise Commercial GEOINT Strategy 2021-2025 outlines initiatives in four areas: driving unity of effort; diversifying sources and building capacity through partnerships; improving data security and developing processes to mitigate risks; and influencing and fostering commercial capabilities.
Virgin Galactic postponed the next SpaceShipTwo flight, Unity 23, on 2021-09-10 to no earlier than mid-2021-10-01.
The Federal Aviation Administration is overseeing a mishap investigation into Virgin Galactic’s 2021-07-11 Unity 22 flight of SpaceShipTwo.
Virgin Galactic expected to perform the Unity 23 mission in late September or early October 2021.
The SpaceShipTwo vehicle landed safely at Spaceport America after the 2021-07-11 Unity 22 flight.
The late September Unity flight is for the Italian Air Force and is expected to produce about $2,000,000 in revenue for Virgin Galactic.
Virgin Galactic designated the 2021-07-11 flight as the Unity 22 mission.
The flight was conducted by Virgin Galactic with the VMS Eve carrier plane and the VSS Unity 22 space plane.