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SpaceShipTwo: Galactic 01

Research mission for the Italian Air Force, first commercial Virgin Galactic mission.

Thursday, 29 June 202315:28 UTC
SpaceShipTwo: Galactic 01

Mission Data

Virgin Galactic
🇺🇸Virgin GalacticEst. 2004
Launch VehicleSpaceShipTwo
Vehicle Record62 of 67 launches (92.5%)
Provider TypePrivate
Agency Record62 successes / 5 failures (93%)
Success Streak11 consecutive
Mission TypeBiology
Target OrbitSuborbital
Launch PadSpaceport America
LocationAir launch to Suborbital flight ???
Agency Launches This Year#3
Launches From This Pad14
Launches From This Site86
Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

About 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.

Launch updates

  1. Successful flight and landing of VSS Unity

  2. Release of VSS Unity

  3. Setting T-0 to estimated drop time

  4. Pushing T-0 to account for the delayed livestream start

  5. Livestream has started

  6. VSS Unity is airborne, release targeted shortly after the webcast start at 15:00 UTC.

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  7. Fixed time zone error; added video link.

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  8. Updated launch date and time.

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  9. NET June 29.

  10. Targeting NET June 27 for the first Virgin Galactic commercial mission.

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Launch Site

Spaceport America · 32.9903°N 106.9719°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.