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Launched 2023-06-29 15:28:38 UTCSpaceport America, Air launch to Suborbital flight
Success
Reached Suborbital
Virgin Galactic
3rd
launch this year
Spaceport America
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
34 d 23 h
since the pad's previous launch
Research mission for the Italian Air Force, first commercial Virgin Galactic mission.
Launch Provider
Private · United States of America · Founded 2004 · Founder Richard Branson
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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Upcoming
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scheduled
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Successful flight and landing of VSS Unity
Nosu
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Release of VSS Unity
Nosu
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Setting T-0 to estimated drop time
Nosu
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Pushing T-0 to account for the delayed livestream start
Nosu
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Livestream has started
Launch Library 2
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VSS Unity is airborne, release targeted shortly after the webcast start at 15:00 UTC.
Nosu
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Fixed time zone error; added video link.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Updated launch date and time.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET June 29.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Targeting NET June 27 for the first Virgin Galactic commercial mission.
Nosu
Height
18m
Diameter
8.2m
Liftoff thrust
310kN
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