SpaceShipTwo | VSS Unity 22
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Launch Window
July 11, 2021, 3:25 p.m. - July 11, 2021, 3:25 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
July 11, 2021, 3:25 p.m. - July 11, 2021, 3:25 p.m.
Powered flight of VSS Unity on the first fully crewed flight. Including the founder Sir Richard Branson.
VSS Unity has successfully landed at the Spaceport America after completing a nominal flight
Moving T-0 to approximate drop time
Flight delayed 90 minutes due to overnight weather at spaceport
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.
VSS Unity, previously referred to as VSS Voyager, is a SpaceShipTwo-class suborbital rocket-powered crewed spaceplane. It is the second SpaceShipTwo to be built and will be used as part of the Virgin Galactic fleet.
SpaceShipTwo Details
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Birth: None
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Date of
Birth: Jan. 1, 1957
Age: 68
Date of
Birth: Jan. 22, 1988
Age: 37
Date of
Birth: July 18, 1950
Age: 75
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Birth: None
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Date of
Birth: May 30, 1980
Age: 45
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.
INFO WIKI
"Blue Origin already won the suborbital space tourism race on July 20, 2021."
"The most misleading statement today was Virgin Galactic's."
The Federal Aviation Administration will not allow Virgin Galactic to resume flights of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane until it completes an investigation into a problem on the vehicle’s previous flight in July.
Also, an explanation of why Mark "Forger" Stucky left Virgin Galactic.
“I absolutely believe this is that moment."
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Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.
Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.
The Yaogan 47 is a Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.
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A batch of 5 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…
A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…
Two technology demonstration satellites for satellite transmissions of signals for the VHF Data Exchange System (VDES), a successor to the current Au…