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Virgin GalacticMixed resultTest FlightSpaceShipTwo
Launched 2020-12-12 15:24 UTCSpaceport America, Air launch to Suborbital flight
No cause has been given yet.
Partial failure
Target: Suborbital
SpaceShipTwo lifted off with VSS Unity VF-02, but the launch was only a partial success.
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No cause has been given yet. What Virgin Galactic finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
First attempted spaceflight from New Mexico, aborted due to computer malfunction, engine ignited and automatically turned off.
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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