SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 01
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Virgin Galactic
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.
Galactic 01
Research mission for the Italian Air Force, first commercial Virgin Galactic mission.
VSS Unity
Serial N202VG
Launch Crew Count 6
Status Retired
Landing Time 2023-06-29T15:42:31+0000
Crew
Michael Masucci
Nicola Pecile
Pilot
Nationality Italian
Date Of Birth 1973-03-11
Status Active
Type Private
Colin Bennett
Instructor
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1985-01-01
Status Active
Type Private
Angelo Landolfi
Passenger
Nationality Italian
Date Of Birth
Status Active
Type Government
Pantaleone Carlucci
Passenger
Nationality Italian
Date Of Birth
Status Active
Type Government
Walter Villadei
Passenger
Nationality Italian
Date Of Birth 1974-04-29
Status Active
Type Government
SpaceShipTwo
Height 18.00 Meters
Max Stages 1
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 310 kN
Diameter 8.20 Meters
Mass To LEO 0 kg
Liftoff Mass 9 Tonnes
Launch Success 62
Consecutive Success 11
Maiden Flight 2010-10-10
Launch Failures 5
Updates
Nosu
2023-06-29T15:45:09+0000
Successful flight and landing of VSS Unity
Nosu
2023-06-29T15:30:12+0000
Release of VSS Unity
Nosu
2023-06-29T15:22:56+0000
Setting T-0 to estimated drop time
Nosu
2023-06-29T15:08:01+0000
Pushing T-0 to account for the delayed livestream start
LL2
2023-06-29T14:52:10+0000
Livestream has started
Nosu
2023-06-29T14:41:25+0000
VSS Unity is airborne, release targeted shortly after the webcast start at 15:00 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-06-26T13:03:15+0000
Fixed time zone error; added video link.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-06-26T13:01:56+0000
Updated launch date and time.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-06-23T02:59:22+0000
NET June 29.
Nosu
2023-06-15T20:15:18+0000
Targeting NET June 27 for the first Virgin Galactic commercial mission.
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