VSS Unity
Photo Credit: Ronrosano
Launches
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF06
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF01
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity CC01
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity CC04
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity CF01
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity CC03
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF08
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity PF01
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity VP-03
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity 22
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity CC02
- SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 06
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity VF-03
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity PF03
- SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 03
- SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 04
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF02
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF03
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF09
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity VF-02
- SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 05
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity VF-01
- SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 07
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF04
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity GF07
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity PF02
- SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 01
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity 24
- SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity 25
- SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 02
The VSS Unity spacecraft embarked on 30 flight(s), showcasing its capability of SpaceShipTwo is carried to its launch altitude by a Scaled Composites White Knight Two, before being released to fly on into the upper atmosphere powered by its rocket engine. It then glides back to Earth and performs a conventional runway landing. and designed with a flight life of Short suborbital flights. Notably, it boasts a crew capacity accommodating up to 8 astronauts. 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.
The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo 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.
- Serial Number: N202VG
- In Space: No
- Height: 18 m
- Diameter: 8.2 m
- Status: Retired
History
The spaceship was officially unveiled to the public on 7 December 2009 at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. On 29 April 2013, after nearly three years of unpowered testing, the first one constructed successfully performed its first powered test flight.
Agency
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.
