Virgin Galactic – First Commercial Launch - [Live: 29.06.2023, UTC 15:00]

Source: Virgin Galactic

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic will embark on its first commercial mission. The first and so far last flight with passengers was two years ago (11.07.21).

This mission is a commercial science mission for the Italian Air Force and the National Research Council of Italy. 13 experiments will be conducted during three minutes of weightlessness.

Flight Path

Source: Virgin Galactic

VSS Unity is a rocket-powered spaceplane that gets carried to a launch altitude of 15 km by the purpose-built plane White Knight. There it will get dropped, light its engines and will be piloted close to the Kármán line on a ballistic trajectory for three minutes of weightlessness and then glide back to a landing strip at Spaceport America, New Mexico.

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