SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 03
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
Sept. 8, 2023, 2 p.m. - Sept. 8, 2023, 11 p.m.
Sept. 8, 2023, 2 p.m. - Sept. 8, 2023, 11 p.m.
Third commercial Virgin Galactic mission.
Successful completion of the flight
Updated take-off time.
GO for launch per air space closure notices.
Adding launch NET September 8
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
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Birth: March 11, 1973
Age: 52
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Birth: March 23, 1951
Age: 74
Date of
Birth: May 15, 1949
Age: 76
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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.
INFO WIKI
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