SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity VF-03

SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity VF-03

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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.

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VSS Unity VF-03

Powered test flight of VSS Unity carrying technology experiments for NASA's Flight Opportunities Program.

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VSS Unity


Serial N202VG

Launch Crew Count 2

Status Retired

Landing Time 2021-05-22T15:43:00+0000


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Crew

David Mackay

Pilot

Nationality British

Date Of Birth 1957-01-01

Status Active

Type Private


Frederick W. Sturckow

Pilot

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1961-08-11

Status Active

Type Private


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


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2021-05-22T15:48:25+0000

Successful test flight and landing of VSS Unity.

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