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Virgin Galactic is launching a new space age, where all are invited along for the ride.

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Overview

Destination: Suborbital
Mission: Tourism

Suborbital Spaceport America Air launch to Suborbital flight

Second commercial Virgin Galactic mission.

Updates

Nosu • Aug. 10, 2023, 3:38 p.m.

Successful flight and landing of VSS Unity


Nosu • Aug. 10, 2023, 3:22 p.m.

Release of VSS Unity


Nosu • Aug. 10, 2023, 3:16 p.m.

Adjusting T-0


Nosu • Aug. 10, 2023, 3:06 p.m.

Updating drop time per countdown on stream


LL2 • Aug. 10, 2023, 2:52 p.m.

Livestream has started


SpaceShipTwo

Family:
Configuration:

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.

Specifications
  • Stages
    1
  • Length
    18.0 m
  • Diameter
    8.2 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    9.0 T
  • Thrust
    310.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    SpaceShipTwo
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    SpaceShipTwo
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

VSS Unity


Active Human Rated Crew On-board: 6 Crew Capacity: 8
Destination: Suborbital
Serial Number: N202VG

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

Crew


Frederick W. Sturckow

Commander - configurations.Country.None - ( VG )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Aug. 11, 1961
Age: 64

Kelly Latimer

Pilot - configurations.Country.None - ( VG )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: None
Age: None

Beth Moses

Instructor - configurations.Country.None - ( VG )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: May 30, 1980
Age: 45

Anastatia Mayers

Passenger - configurations.Country.None - ( VG )

Status: Occasional Spaceflight

Date of Birth: None
Age: None

Jon Goodwin

Passenger - configurations.Country.None - ( VG )

Status: Occasional Spaceflight

Date of Birth: June 19, 1943
Age: 82

Keisha Schahaff

Passenger - configurations.Country.None - ( VG )

Status: Occasional Spaceflight

Date of Birth: None
Age: None

Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic

(VG)

Founder: Richard Branson Founded: 2004 Successes: 62 Failures: 5 Pending: 1

Agency Type:

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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Air launch to Suborbital flight

Spaceport America


Falcon 9
Success
2 days, 20 hours ago
Starlink Group 17-20
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.


New Shepard
Success
5 days, 21 hours ago
NS-38
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USA

NS-38 is the 17th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 38th in the New Shepard program's history.


Electron
Success
6 days, 3 hours ago
The Cosmos Will See You Now (Open Cosmos Constellation Launch 1)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

First 2 satellites of UK-based Open Cosmos' secure LEO broadband constellation designed to provide independent and resilient connectivity infrastruct…


Falcon 9
Success
6 days, 8 hours ago
Starlink Group 17-30
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 12
Success
1 week, 2 days ago
SatNet LEO Group 19
Commercial LC-2 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 2 days ago
Starlink Group 6-100
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 4 days ago
NROL-105
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Twelfth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office …


Ceres-2
Failure
1 week, 4 days ago
Demo Flight
Launch Area 95A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

First test launch of Galactic Energy’s Ceres-2 rocket.


Long March 3B/E
Failure
1 week, 4 days ago
Shijian 32
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Chinese experimental spacecraft of unknown purposes.


Ceres-1S
Success
1 week, 5 days ago
Tianqi 37-40
Rizhao offshore launch location - Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

4 small satellites for LEO Internet of Things (IoT) communication purposes.