Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity GF09

Name: Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity GF09
Start: 2020-06-25T12:00:00.000Z
Location: Spaceport America

SpaceShipTwo

Status

Success

Date

25 JUN 2020

12:00

Launch Provider

Virgin Galactic

Launch Pad

Spaceport America

Air launch to Suborbital flight

Mission Overview

Free glide test flight of VSS Unity.

Rocket

SpaceShipTwo

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Suborbital

Stages

Livestream

Not available

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