Virgin Galactic has once again pushed back the start of commercial flights of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane, saying upgrades of its carrier aircraft are taking longer than expected. In its release of its second quarter earnings Aug. 4, the company said it is now expecting to start commercial flights of its single SpaceShipTwo vehicle, VSS Unity, in the second quarter of 2023. In its previous earnings release in May, the company had delayed the start of such flights from the fourth quarter of 2022 to the first quarter of 2023.
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I've been skeptical for years that Virgin Galactic's design would ever get them to a decent flight rate, but I figured Blue Origin's more simple design would have gotten there much sooner. It's still taking them a long time to do turnaround between flights.