Colin Bennett

American - (VG)

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Colin Bennett is an American engineer who worked at Virgin Atlantic Airways before joining Virgin Galactic in 2015 where he now acts as Lead Astronaut Instructor.

Spaceflight Record

Colin Bennett flew on four previous launch(es).

SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity 22

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
July 11, 2021, 3:25 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

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

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 01

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
June 29, 2023, 3:28 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Research mission for the Italian Air Force, first commercial Virgin Galactic mission.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 03

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Sept. 8, 2023, 3:22 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Third commercial Virgin Galactic mission.

Suborbital

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SpaceShipTwo | Galactic 05

Virgin Galactic | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Nov. 2, 2023, 3:44 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

Fifth commercial Virgin Galactic mission.

Suborbital

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Founder: Richard Branson

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.

Recent Launches

Electron

Deployed

10 hours, 8 minutes ago

Follow My Speed (BlackSky Gen-3 3?)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Note: Payload and customer identities unconfirmed, identification based on mission patch and rocket drop zones analysis. 3rd of the BlackSky Gen-3…

Long March 2

Success

1 day, 18 hours ago

Shijian 30 A-C

Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

3 Chinese satellites described as for “Space Environment Measurements” purposes. Actual usage not known.

Falcon 9

Success

1 day, 22 hours ago

Starlink Group 6-94

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Electron

Success

2 days, 9 hours ago

Prometheus Run (VAN)

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (Launch Area 0 C) - Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Sub-orbital launch under Rocket Lab’s Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron (HASTE) program. This mission was lead by MDA and deployed a…

Falcon 9

Success

3 days, 17 hours ago

Sentinel-6B

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (launched November 2020) and Sentinel-6B make up the Sentinel-6 mission, also known as Jason Continuity of Service (…