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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.

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.


Falcon 9
Success
11 hours, 25 minutes ago
Starlink Group 17-33
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Long March 2F/G
Success
1 day, 4 hours ago
Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle
Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

4th flight of the Chinese spaceplane capable of returning to Earth.


Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Success
2 days, 13 hours ago
Kosmos (Unknown Payload)
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Unknown classified payload(s) for the Russian military.


Falcon 9
Success
5 days, 16 hours ago
Starlink Group 17-32
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Long March 2C
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
AlSat 3B
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Earth observation satellite built by China's CAST for the Algerian Space Agency.