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Virgin Galactic's First Full Suborbital Flight From Their New Mexico Base

submitted by dominus_stercae to spaceflight 3 yearsMay 23, 2021 13:04:16 ago (+4/-0)     (youtu.be)

https://youtu.be/juBHUqB9A74

Probably feeling the pressure from Blue Origin's New Shepard. Both of course pale next to SpaceX's progress.


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[ - ] dominus_stercae [op] 1 point 3 yearsMay 23, 2021 16:45:02 ago (+1/-0)

They reach an altitude of around 85 km - far higher than even Concorde reached (around 20 km). Per US definitions that's space (above 80 km), but per international definitions it isn't (the Karman line - above 100 km). Of course, these are very fuzzy and somewhat arbitrary lines. And either way they are nowhere near orbital velocity.

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