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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEAir launch to Suborbital flight
Mission
Research mission for the Italian Air Force, first commercial Virgin Galactic mission.
- Launch vehicle
- SpaceShipTwo
- Mission type
- Biology
- 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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