An orbital spaceflight (or orbital flight) is a spaceflight in which a spacecraft is placed on a trajectory where it could remain in space for at least...

sub-orbital spaceflight. Some sub-orbital flights have been undertaken to test spacecraft and launch vehicles later intended for orbital spaceflight. Other...

orbit or beyond. Other non-rocket spacelaunch technologies have yet to be built, or remain short of orbital speeds. A rocket launch for a spaceflight...

single-stage-to-orbit vehicles cannot get into space on their own, and require a launch vehicle (carrier rocket). On a sub-orbital spaceflight, a space vehicle...

private companies joined government agencies in crewed spaceflight: in 2004, the sub-orbital spaceplane SpaceShipOne became the first privately funded...

conducting orbital and suborbital space tourism missions, and contributing to the ongoing exploration of space. During the principal period of spaceflight in...

Human spaceflight (also referred to as manned spaceflight or crewed spaceflight) is spaceflight with a crew or passengers aboard a spacecraft, often with...

to reach orbital velocity around the Earth and to complete a full orbit around the Earth. The orbital spaceflight consisted of a single orbit around Earth...

article lists orbital and suborbital launches during the first half of the year 2024. For all other spaceflight activities, see 2024 in spaceflight. For launches...

Human spaceflight programs have been conducted, started, or planned by multiple countries and companies. Until the 21st century, human spaceflight programs...

Performance Orbital speed: 17,426 mph (28,044 km/h) Orbit: Low Earth orbit Orbital time: 270 days (design) 908 days (demonstrated) Spaceflight portal Boeing...

paying spaceflight participants. Orbital tourist flights were set to resume in 2015 but the planned flight was postponed indefinitely. Russian orbital tourism...

landing systems. An orbital station or an orbital space station is an artificial satellite (i.e., a type of orbital spaceflight). Stations must have...

cancelled Virgin Orbit), which seeks to dominate space tourism, low-cost small orbital launch vehicles, and intercontinental sub-orbital spaceflight. Elon Musk's...

In spaceflight, an orbital maneuver (otherwise known as a burn) is the use of propulsion systems to change the orbit of a spacecraft. For spacecraft far...

rockets did not achieve the altitude necessary to be regarded as sub-orbital spaceflight, the Backfire report remains the most extensive technical documentation...

crewed sub-orbital spaceflight of the SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity, which launched on 26 January 2024. It was the sixth commercial spaceflight and eleventh...

orbital space missions (2024), listed below: List of Soyuz missions List of human spaceflights List of fully civilian crewed suborbital spaceflights Timeline...

crewed sub-orbital spaceflight of the SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity, which launched on 2 November 2023. It was the fifth commercial spaceflight and tenth...

Blue Origin NS-25 is a sub-orbital spaceflight mission, operated by Blue Origin, which will launch in 2024 using the New Shepard rocket. NS-25 will be...

sub-orbital and lunar spaceflights, though these are not being actively pursued at present. Nine of its clients have participated in the orbital spaceflight...

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test flights of spaceflight systems may be listed even if they were not planned to reach space. Some lists are further divided into orbital launches (sending...

crewed sub-orbital spaceflight of the SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity, launched on 10 August 2023. It was the second commercial spaceflight and seventh...

crewed sub-orbital spaceflight of the SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity, launched on 8 September 2023. It was the third commercial spaceflight and eighth overall...

during ascent.[citation needed] Spaceflight portal Air launch to orbit List of orbital launch systems Comparison of orbital launch systems List of canceled...

from sub-orbital to orbital flight, with each developmental step building on its prior work. The company moved into the orbital spaceflight technology...

Blue Origin NS-16 was a sub-orbital spaceflight mission operated by Blue Origin which flew on 20 July 2021. The mission was the sixteenth flight of the...

space History of spaceflight List of fully civilian crewed orbital spaceflights List of fully civilian crewed suborbital spaceflights Timeline of space...

crewed sub-orbital spaceflight of the SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity, which launched on 6 October 2023. It was the fourth commercial spaceflight and ninth...