SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 01
Launch Successful
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
June 29, 2023, 3:28 p.m. - June 29, 2023, 3:28 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
June 29, 2023, 3:28 p.m. - June 29, 2023, 3:28 p.m.
Research mission for the Italian Air Force, first commercial Virgin Galactic mission.
Successful flight and landing of VSS Unity
Release of VSS Unity
Setting T-0 to estimated drop time
The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo (SS2) is an air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism. It is manufactured by The Spaceship Company, a California-based company owned by Virgin Galactic.
VSS Unity, previously referred to as VSS Voyager, is a SpaceShipTwo-class suborbital rocket-powered crewed spaceplane. It is the second SpaceShipTwo to be built and will be used as part of the Virgin Galactic fleet.
SpaceShipTwo Details
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.
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Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic finally launched its first commercial SpaceShipTwo flight today. Galactic-01 took four Italians and two Americans across the threshold between air and space for a few minutes […]
After nearly two decades of development, Virgin Galactic conducted its first commercial SpaceShipTwo suborbital flight June 29.
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