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Virgin GalacticLaunch FailureTest FlightSpaceShipTwo
Launched 2014-10-31 12:00 UTCMojave Air and Space Port, Air launch to Suborbital flight
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Suborbital
SpaceShipTwo lifted off with VSS Enterprise PF04, but the launch failed.
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No cause has been given yet. What Virgin Galactic finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
Powered test flight of VSS Enterprise. Unintended feathering destroyed the vehicle in-flight, killed one pilot and injured the other.
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.
Launches
67
Successful
62
93%
Upcoming
1
scheduled
Height
18m
Diameter
8.2m
Liftoff thrust
310kN
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