Launch Detail
Pulling launch timing, vehicle context, weather signals, and mission evidence.
Launch detail
Virgin Galactic • SpaceShipTwo • Mojave Air and Space Port (NA)
Virgin Galactic • SpaceShipTwo • Mojave Air and Space Port
Test flight of VSS Unity. No release due to strong winds.
Open the launch pad in Google Maps satellite mode using the pad coordinates.
Test flight of VSS Unity. No release due to strong winds.
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.
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 successfully landed back at the Mojave Air and Space Port after this flight.
