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SpaceShipTwo: Galactic 02

Name: SpaceShipTwo: Galactic 02
Start: 2023-08-10T15:17:00Z
End: 2023-08-10T22:00:00Z
Location: Spaceport America

Second commercial Virgin Galactic mission.

Thursday, 10 August 202315:17 UTC

Mission Data

🇺🇸Virgin GalacticEst. 2004

Launch VehicleSpaceShipTwo

Vehicle Record62 of 67 launches (92.5%)

Provider TypePrivate

Agency Record62 successes / 5 failures (93%)

Success Streak11 consecutive

Mission TypeTourism

Target OrbitSuborbital

Launch PadSpaceport America

LocationAir launch to Suborbital flight ???

Agency Launches This Year#4

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

10 Aug 2023, 15:38 UTC
Successful flight and landing of VSS Unity
10 Aug 2023, 15:22 UTC
Release of VSS Unity
10 Aug 2023, 15:16 UTC
Adjusting T-0
10 Aug 2023, 15:06 UTC
Updating drop time per countdown on stream
10 Aug 2023, 14:52 UTC
Livestream has started
10 Aug 2023, 11:58 UTC
NET 15:00 UTC per livestream start time
4 Aug 2023, 08:07 UTC
GO for launch.
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26 Jul 2023, 09:54 UTC
Updated T-0
13 Jul 2023, 12:38 UTC
Targeting August 10
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15 Jun 2023, 20:16 UTC
Adding launch NET early August
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Launch Site

Spaceport America · 32.9903°N 106.9719°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.