Operator file · US-1024
Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic is a private launch operator based in United States of America, founded in 2004. It has flown 67 launches under its own name. 62 succeeded and 5 failed, a success rate of 92.5%. It has nothing on the schedule we can see right now, though Launch Library lists 1 scheduled launch under its name.
Flight record
Launch statistics
These are launches under VG’s own name in The Space Devs’ Launch Library. They don’t count missions or payloads. A spacecraft that flew on someone else’s rocket counts for the operator that flew it.
Operator or customer
An operator owns the rocket and runs the count, and the launch schedule filters by operator. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. Some organisations are both. Below, VG is counted in whichever role the current schedule gives it.
Manifest role
No scheduled flight names VG with someone else flying it.
How we count it: a scheduled launch counts as a customer flight when this organisation’s name or abbreviation is in the launch name, mission name or programme, and someone else is flying it. We don’t search mission descriptions, and we only see the schedule as far as it goes, which is 2026-12-31 00:00:00Z. So treat both counts as a minimum.
About VG
Virgin Galactic is an American spaceflight company within the Virgin Group. It is developing commercial spacecraft and aims to provide suborbital spaceflights to space tourists. Virgin Galactic's suborbital spacecraft are air launched from beneath a carrier airplane known as White Knight Two.
Upcoming launches
Manifest
VG has nothing on the schedule we can see, which runs to 2026-12-31 00:00:00Z. Launch Library lists 1 scheduled launch under its name, with dates further out or not set yet.
All upcoming launchesThe label on each flight says how exact its launch time is. If the date is only known to the month, you’ll see the month and no countdown. A weather go-probability only shows when Launch Library has one for that flight. EveryLaunch doesn’t work it out.
VG in the archive
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Common questions
- How many launches has Virgin Galactic flown?
- Virgin Galactic has flown 67 launches under its own name. 62 succeeded and 5 failed. That counts launches it flew itself, not missions or payloads it contributed to.
- What is Virgin Galactic's success rate?
- 92.5%. That's 62 successful flights out of 67 attempts. Its last 11 launches in a row have succeeded.
- When is Virgin Galactic's next launch?
- Virgin Galactic has nothing on the schedule EveryLaunch can see, which runs to 2026-12-31 00:00:00Z. Launch Library lists 1 scheduled launch under its name, with dates further out or not set yet.
- Does Virgin Galactic fly its own rockets, or buy launches from another operator?
- Virgin Galactic has flown 67 launches under its own name. It isn't the operator on any scheduled flight we can see. An operator owns the rocket and runs the count. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. The operator filter on the launch schedule only lists operators, so a well-known agency can own a mission and still not show up there.
- Where is Virgin Galactic based?
- United States of America. Launch Library lists it as a private operator, founded in 2004.