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Virgin Galactic Signs Sky and Space Global to Four-Launch Deal

• http://www.space.com, By SpaceNews Staff

The contract, with Australian company Sky and Space Global, covers launches of multiple satellites on each of four LauncherOne missions.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Virgin Galactic has previously offered LauncherOne missions for less than $10 million each.

The launches will be the first LauncherOne missions to go into low-inclination orbits, with the rocket's carrier aircraft, a Boeing 747, taking off from an airport not disclosed in the announcement.

"Having a 747 as our flying launch site means that LauncherOne can tailor each mission to suit each customer," Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides said We've seen an enormous level of commercial and governmental interest in launches that can reach equatorial orbits without having to pay the large performance penalty associated with transfer orbits. We're very excited to have this agreement in place now with a great company like Sky and Space Global to deliver their satellites to orbit reliably, affordably, and flexibly." 

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