Nicola Pecile

Italian - (VG)

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Date of Birth: March 11, 1973
Age: 52

Former fighter pilot and experimental test pilot for the Italian Air Force, now pilot at Virgin Galactic.

Spaceflight Record

Nicola Pecile flew on five previous launch(es).

SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity 24

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
April 26, 2023, 1:47 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Unpowered glide test

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 01

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
June 29, 2023, 3:28 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Research mission for the Italian Air Force, first commercial Virgin Galactic mission.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 03

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Sept. 8, 2023, 3:22 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Third commercial Virgin Galactic mission.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 06

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Jan. 26, 2024, 5:42 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Sixth commercial Virgin Galactic mission.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 07

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
June 8, 2024, 3:26 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Seventh commercial Virgin Galactic mission.

Suborbital

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Founder: Richard Branson

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.

Recent Launches

Electron

Success

1 day, 7 hours ago

Don't Be Such A Square (STP-S30)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) - Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

STP-S30 is a complex mission that will deliver research experiments and technology demonstrations to orbit for the DoD and contribute to future space…

Falcon 9

Success

1 day, 20 hours ago

Starlink Group 15-13

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9

Success

1 day, 22 hours ago

Starlink Group 6-99

Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Ariane 62

Success

2 days, 7 hours ago

Galileo L14 (FOC FM33 & FM34)

Ariane Launch Area 4 - Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Payload consists of two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system.

Atlas V 551

Success

3 days, 3 hours ago

Amazon Leo (LA-04)

Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, thi…