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Virgin Galactic

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

Galactic 01

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Overview

Destination: Suborbital
Mission: Biology

Suborbital Spaceport America Air launch to Suborbital flight

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

Updates

Nosu • June 29, 2023, 3:45 p.m.

Successful flight and landing of VSS Unity


Nosu • June 29, 2023, 3:30 p.m.

Release of VSS Unity


Nosu • June 29, 2023, 3:22 p.m.

Setting T-0 to estimated drop time


Nosu • June 29, 2023, 3:08 p.m.

Pushing T-0 to account for the delayed livestream start


LL2 • June 29, 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


Michael Masucci

Commander - configurations.Country.None - ( VG )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: None
Age: None

Nicola Pecile

Pilot - configurations.Country.None - ( VG )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: March 11, 1973
Age: 52

Colin Bennett

Instructor - configurations.Country.None - ( VG )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: None
Age: None

Angelo Landolfi

Passenger - configurations.Country.None - ( IAF )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: None
Age: None

Pantaleone Carlucci

Passenger - configurations.Country.None - ( CNR )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: None
Age: None

Walter Villadei

Passenger - configurations.Country.None - ( IAF )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: April 29, 1974
Age: 51

Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic

(VG)

Founder: Richard Branson Founded: 2004 Successes: 62 Failures: 5 Pending: 0

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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