Launch Detail
Pulling launch timing, vehicle context, weather signals, and mission evidence.
Launch detail
Virgin Galactic • SpaceShipTwo • Spaceport America (NA)
Virgin Galactic • SpaceShipTwo • Spaceport America
Fifth commercial Virgin Galactic mission.
Stream links and embedded coverage.
Open the launch pad in Google Maps satellite mode using the pad coordinates.
Fifth commercial Virgin Galactic mission.
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.
Virgin Galactic is an American spaceflight company within the Virgin Group. It is developing commercial spacecraft and aims to provide suborbital spaceflights to space tourists. Virgin Galactic's suborbital spacecraft are air launched from beneath a carrier airplane known as White Knight Two.
Provider, rocket, pad, and booster history tied to this launch.
Linked via Spaceflight News API (SNAPI).
ArticleVirgin Galactic completed its sixth and final suborbital spaceflight of the year Nov. 2, flying two researchers and a private astronaut.
ArticleVirgin Galactic will conclude its schedule of suborbital spaceflights this year with a mission in early November whose crew will include a longtime advocate...
Launch-stage and landing context surfaced from LL2 when it exists.
VSS Unity, previously referred to as VSS Voyager, is a SpaceShipTwo-class suborbital rocket-powered crewed spaceplane. It is the second SpaceShipTwo to be built and will be used as part of the Virgin Galactic fleet.
VSS Unity has landed back at Spaceport America after this flight.
