List of Virgin Galactic launches
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The following is a list of Virgin Galactic launches since 2003.
Quick Facts SpaceShipOne, Role ...
SpaceShipOne | |
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SpaceShipOne after its flight into space, June 2004. | |
Role | Spaceplane |
Manufacturer | Scaled Composites |
Designer | Burt Rutan |
First flight | 20 May 2003 (2003-05-20) |
Retired | 4 October 2004 (2004-10-04) |
Primary user | Mojave Aerospace Ventures |
Number built | 1 |
Developed into | SpaceShipTwo |
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Preserved at | National Air and Space Museum |
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Quick Facts SpaceShipTwo, Role ...
SpaceShipTwo | |
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SpaceShipTwo (central fuselage) carried under its twin fuselage mother ship, White Knight Two. | |
Role | Passenger spaceplane |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Scaled Composites (1st aircraft) The Spaceship Company |
First flight | 10 October 2010 (first glide flight) 29 April 2013 (first powered flight) 13 December 2018 (first spaceflight) |
Primary user | Virgin Galactic |
Number built | 2 |
Developed from | Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne |
Developed into | The Spaceship Company SpaceShip III |
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Quick Facts VSS Enterprise (N339SS), Type ...
VSS Enterprise (N339SS) | |
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VSS Enterprise, the first SpaceShipTwo spaceplane, attached to its carrier aircraft WhiteKnightTwo VMS Eve | |
Type | Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo |
Manufacturer | Scaled Composites |
Construction number | 1 |
Registration | N339SS |
First flight | 10 October 2010 (crewed gliding flight)
29 April 2013 (powered flight) |
Owners and operators | Virgin Galactic |
Status | Destroyed |
Fate | Crashed 31 October 2014 |
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Quick Facts VSS Unity, Type ...
VSS Unity | |
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Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Unity rollout, 19 February 2016, FAITH hangar, Mojave, California | |
Type | Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo |
Manufacturer | The Spaceship Company |
Construction number | 2 |
Registration | N202VG[1] |
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Owners and operators | Virgin Galactic |
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Quick Facts SpaceShip III, Role ...
SpaceShip III | |
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Role | Suborbital air-launched passenger rocket-spaceplane |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | The Spaceship Company |
Design group | Virgin Galactic |
Introduction | 2021 |
Status | Under development |
Primary user | Virgin Galactic |
Produced | since 2021 |
Number built | 1 |
Developed from | SpaceShipTwo |
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