Prices start at 2,000 (1,600/ $2,700) and first flight will take off from Japan In comparison, a ticket for Virgin's SpaceShipTwo costs$250,000 (148,400) Each aircraft will perform 15 manoeuvres throughoutthe 90-minute flight During manoeuvres, passengers experience 25 seconds of weightlessness

By Ellie Zolfagharifard

Published: 09:46 EST, 26 May 2014 | Updated: 16:08 EST, 26 May 2014

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Richard Branson may have plans to launch the first privately manned space flight this year, but at $250,000 (148,400) a ticket, Virgin space travel wont come cheap.

For those desperate to get a taste of the experience, Swiss Space Systems (S3) has just launched what it claims will be the world's cheapest ZeroG flights.

With prices starting at 2,000 (1,600; $2,700), the flight will see passengers experience 20 to 25 seconds of weightlessness each time the plane transitions from climbing to descending.

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