Want to launch a satellite? Call Virgin Galactic Cargo

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WhiteKnightTwo with SpaceShipTwo spaceplane docked outside the SpaceShip company's hangar FAITH in the Mojave Desert

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A new initiative from Virgin Galactic could soon see the space tourism company branch out into space haulage. Tipped to be called Virgin Galactic Cargo, the program could see WhiteKnightTwo aircraft carrying small satellites into low Earth orbit, before launching them into space via unmanned rocket.

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