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Human SpaceflightLEOLaunched 12/4/1998
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
ISS 2A (Unity)
Launch Vehicle
Space Shuttle
Launch Date
12/4/1998
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
393.5 km
Inclination
51.59 deg
Dry Mass
9,280 kg
Total Mass
11,600 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Human Spaceflight
Payload Category
SS
Payload Class
C
Organizations
Operator
NASA Johnson Space Center
Manufacturer
Boeing
Registry
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/418
Track
Mentions
197
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Virgin Galactic planned to perform the first spaceflight in nearly two years by its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle VSS Unity in 2024-05-31 from Spaceport America in New Mexico.

PlanValue 4.0May 9, 2023Virgin Galactic looks ahead to future spaceplanes as it gears up for return to space

Virgin Galactic concluded that VMS Eve would be sufficient to support the Delta-class test flight campaign in 2025 and Unity commercial flights, deferring the need for new motherships until Delta-class commercial service begins in 2026.

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May 9, 2023
Virgin Galactic looks ahead to future spaceplanes as it gears up for return to space

Virgin Galactic planned to finalize the Delta-class vehicle design in 2024, retaining the same outer mold line as Unity but changing the composite structure and upgrading systems like avionics to make the vehicle lighter and faster to turn around between flights.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0May 9, 2023Virgin Galactic looks ahead to future spaceplanes as it gears up for return to space

If Unity 25 is successful, Virgin Galactic expects to conduct its first commercial flight, Galactic 01, in late June 2024 as a dedicated research flight for the Italian Air Force under a contract announced in 2019.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0May 9, 2023Virgin Galactic looks ahead to future spaceplanes as it gears up for return to space

Virgin Galactic had not announced a specific calendar date for Unity 25 other than that it would occur in 2024-05-31.

PlanValue 3.0May 9, 2023Virgin Galactic looks ahead to future spaceplanes as it gears up for return to space

The next step for Virgin Galactic after the 2023-04-26 glide flight is a powered test flight of VSS Unity with four company mission specialists joining two pilots to assess the customer experience and ground-based training.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Apr 26, 2023SpaceShipTwo makes first flight in nearly two years

Trimble Unity AMS enables utilities to manage the complete lifecycle of their asset infrastructure from permits and construction to operations, maintenance, and replacement.

GeneralValue 2.0Apr 12, 2023Trimble launches Enterprise Asset Management Solution

Trimble Unity AMS is built on Esri ArcGIS as the system of record for utility network information.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Apr 12, 2023Trimble launches Enterprise Asset Management Solution

Trimble Unity AMS is built on Trimble’s Cityworks enterprise asset management platform.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Apr 12, 2023Trimble launches Enterprise Asset Management Solution

Trimble launched its latest enterprise asset management solution, Trimble Unity AMS, designed for electric utilities worldwide.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Apr 12, 2023Trimble launches Enterprise Asset Management Solution

Trimble Unity AMS improves service reliability and operational success for electric utilities.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.0Apr 12, 2023Trimble launches Enterprise Asset Management Solution

Trimble Unity AMS provides a centralized source of up-to-date data that multiple teams can use for decision-making and operations.

CapabilityValue 1.2Apr 12, 2023Trimble launches Enterprise Asset Management Solution

Trimble Unity mobile software allows field crews to perform tasks more efficiently and accurately using mobile devices.

CapabilityValue 2.0Apr 12, 2023Trimble launches Enterprise Asset Management Solution

Trimble Unity AMS is configured with GIS-centric electric utility workflows.

CapabilityValue 2.0Apr 12, 2023Trimble launches Enterprise Asset Management Solution

Trimble Unity AMS connects data and capabilities across all phases of collaboration from planning and design teams to asset managers and field crews.

CapabilityValue 2.0Apr 12, 2023Trimble launches Enterprise Asset Management Solution

Trimble Unity AMS helps utilities reduce operational costs by minimizing handoffs and streamlining workflows between teams.

GeneralCapabilityValue 2.0Apr 12, 2023Trimble launches Enterprise Asset Management Solution

Cesium for Omniverse is Cesium's fifth runtime engine, joining open-source CesiumJS and the open-source plugins Cesium for Unreal, Cesium for Unity, and Cesium for O3DE.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.3Mar 22, 2023Cesium Announces Omniverse in Collaboration with NVIDIA

VSS Unity’s test flight campaign will be followed by a research flight for the Italian Air Force under a contract signed in 2019.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.2Feb 16, 2023Virgin Galactic aircraft returns to flight

The station’s robotic arm grappled the Cygnus spacecraft at 5:20 a.m. Eastern on 2022-11-09 and berthed it to the Unity module two and a half hours later.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Nov 9, 2022Cygnus arrives at space station despite solar array problem

Work on VSS Unity itself is complete while upgrades to VMS Eve are due to be completed later this quarter at a company facility in Mojave, California.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 3.4Nov 4, 2022Virgin Galactic delays introduction of second suborbital spaceship