Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Galactic 04

Name: Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Galactic 04
Start: 2023-10-06T16:10:30.000Z
Location: Spaceport America

SpaceShipTwo

Status

Success

Date

6 OCT 2023

16:10

Launch Provider

Virgin Galactic

Launch Pad

Spaceport America

Air launch to Suborbital flight

Mission Overview

Fourth commercial Virgin Galactic mission.

Rocket

SpaceShipTwo

Mission Type

Tourism

Orbit

Suborbital

Stages

Livestream

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Rocket Details

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.

Height

18 m

Diameter

8.2 m

Launch Mass

9 T

Thrust

310 kN