Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity 22

Name: Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity 22
Start: 2021-07-11T15:25:30.000Z
Location: Spaceport America

SpaceShipTwo

Status

Success

Date

11 JUL 2021

15:25

Launch Provider

Virgin Galactic

Launch Pad

Spaceport America

Air launch to Suborbital flight

Mission Overview

Powered flight of VSS Unity on the first fully crewed flight. Including the founder Sir Richard Branson.

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