VSS Unity has successfully landed at the Spaceport America after completing a nominal flight
Historical mission record
This page records SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity 22 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
Source record updated . This is a source update, not a confirmed launch time.
Check the source: Virgin Galactic Announces First Fully Crewed Spaceflight - Virgin Galactic ↗ · Launch Library ↗
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What changed?
Moving T-0 to approximate drop time
Flight delayed 90 minutes due to overnight weather at spaceport
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Launch Successful
Status reported by the mission data provider.
LAUNCH SITEAir launch to Suborbital flight
Mission
Powered flight of VSS Unity on the first fully crewed flight. Including the founder Sir Richard Branson.
- Launch vehicle
- SpaceShipTwo
- Mission type
- Tourism
- Destination orbit
- Suborbital
- Spacecraft
- VSS Unity
- Destination
- Suborbital
- Launch pad
- Spaceport America
- Provider
- Virgin Galactic
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
SpaceShipTwo
The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo (SS2) is an air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism. It is manufactured by The Spaceship Company, a California-based company owned by Virgin Galactic.
- Height
- 18 m
- Diameter
- 8.2 m
- Stages
- 1
- Recorded launches
- 67
- First flight
- 2010-10-10
Recorded timing
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SCHEDULED MOMENT
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Launch site & orbit
Air launch to Suborbital flight
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Launch site
DestinationSuborbital
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