Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity VF-02

Name: Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity VF-02
Start: 2020-12-12T15:24:00.000Z
Location: Spaceport America

SpaceShipTwo

Status

Partial Failure

Date

12 DEC 2020

15:24

Launch Provider

Virgin Galactic

Launch Pad

Spaceport America

Air launch to Suborbital flight

Mission Overview

First attempted spaceflight from New Mexico, aborted due to computer malfunction, engine ignited and automatically turned off.

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