Historical mission record
This page records SpaceShipTwo | VSS Enterprise GF16 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
Status reported by the mission data provider.
LAUNCH SITEAir launch to Suborbital flight
Mission
Free glide test flight of VSS Enterprise.
- Launch vehicle
- SpaceShipTwo
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Destination orbit
- Suborbital
- Spacecraft
- VSS Enterprise
- Destination
- Suborbital
- Launch pad
- Mojave Air and Space Port
- Provider
- Virgin Galactic
The people behind the mission
Meet the crew
Assignments reported in this mission's source record.
Launch, onboard and landing crews can differ.
Launch crew
VSS Enterprise
Landing crew (2)VSS Enterprise
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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Instantaneous windowPublished target
SCHEDULED MOMENT
A single scheduled moment. The schedule may change before launch.
Launch site & orbit
Air launch to Suborbital flight
The mission in perspective
Launch site
DestinationSuborbital
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