SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 05
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
Nov. 2, 2023, 2:30 p.m. - Nov. 2, 2023, 11 p.m.
Nov. 2, 2023, 2:30 p.m. - Nov. 2, 2023, 11 p.m.
Fifth commercial Virgin Galactic mission.
SS2 has landed.
SS2 release.
Livestream has started
Added launch window. (date confirmed per https://twitter.com/virgingalactic/status/1719094728975663151)
Added launch.
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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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
Virgin Galactic will conclude its schedule of suborbital spaceflights this year with a mission in early November whose crew will include a longtime advocate of suborbital research.
Details TBD.
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