VSS Unity GF09
SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic
Crew
Mark Stucky
Status: Retired
11/9/1958 -
Nationality: American
Type: Private
First Flight: 10/28/2010
Last Flight: 6/25/2020
Mark P. "Forger" Stucky was an American test pilot and commercial astronaut for Virgin Galactic. He left the company in July 2021.
Michael Masucci
Status: Active
-
Nationality: American
Type: Private
First Flight: 12/11/2013
Last Flight: 7/11/2021
Mike “Sooch” Masucci was a former U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel and U2 test pilot.
Mission
VSS Unity GF09
Type: Test Flight
Free glide test flight of VSS Unity.
Trajectory
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Location
Spaceport America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
77 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 53 successful launches and 5 failed launches with a total of 58 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.
