VSS Unity CC02
SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic
Mission
VSS Unity CC02
Type: Test Flight
Test flight of VSS Unity. No release due to strong winds.
Trajectory
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Location
Mojave Air and Space Port
Air launch to Suborbital flight
79 rockets have launched from Air launch to Suborbital flight.
Rocket
SpaceShipTwo – Virgin Galactic
- Family: SpaceShipTwo
- Length: 18 m
- Diameter: 8.2 m
- Launch Mass: 9 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 0 kg
The SpaceShipTwo was manufactured by Virgin Galactic with the first launch on 2010-10-10. SpaceShipTwo has 55 successful launches and 5 failed launches with a total of 60 launches. 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.
Agency
Virgin Galactic – VG
- Type: Private
- Abbreviation: VG
- Administration: Founder: Richard Branson
- Founded: 2004
- Launchers: VMS Eve
- Spacecraft: VSS Enterprise | VSS Unity
- Country: USA
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.
