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VSS Unity reached speeds of up to Mach 0.85 during its 2020-06-25 descent.
Virgin Galactic plans to move VSS Unity to Spaceport America in New Mexico early in 2020 for a final series of test flights.
After VSS Unity’s February 2019 test flight, Virgin Galactic planned to outfit the spacecraft’s cabin for commercial flights and make other upgrades.
In October 2019 Virgin Galactic projected that the move of VSS Unity to Spaceport America would take place in late 2019.
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane VSS Unity has performed five powered flights, including two that flew beyond the 50-mile boundary used by U.S. government agencies to award astronaut wings.
The rocket motor on display powered VSS Unity on its second partial-duration powered flight in May 2018, achieving an altitude of 34,900 m and a speed of Mach 1.9.
VSS Unity reached an altitude of 89.9 km and a top speed of Mach 3 on the 2019-02-22 flight.
VSS Unity was released from its WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft at 11:53 a.m. Eastern after taking off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California.
During the 2019-02-20 test flight Virgin Galactic plans to intentionally offset VSS Unity’s center of gravity left and right to assess handling.
VSS Unity will take off from the Mojave Air and Space Port around 7 a.m. local time (10 a.m. Eastern time), weather permitting.
Patrick Shanahan directed in a 2018-09-10 memo that the Working Group for Space Force Implementation should meet at least weekly to ensure strong coordination and unity of effort.
Virgin Galactic’s second SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, reached a peak altitude of 82.7 km on its 2018-12-13 test flight over the Mojave Air and Space Port.
The 2018-12-13 VSS Unity flight exceeded the 50-mile boundary used by U.S. government agencies to award astronaut wings.
The 2018-12-13 VSS Unity flight did not reach the 100-kilometer Karman Line widely used as the demarcation of space.
VSS Unity carried four technology demonstration payloads provided by NASA’s Flight Opportunities program on the 2018-12-13 flight.
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo vehicle VSS Unity performed its highest test flight to date on 2018-12-13, reaching a peak altitude of 83 km.
The 2018-12-13 flight of VSS Unity crossed the 50-mile (approximately 80-kilometer) boundary used by U.S. government agencies to award astronaut wings.
The 83-kilometer peak altitude of VSS Unity exceeds the 50-mile (approximately 80-kilometer) boundary used by U.S. government agencies for awarding astronaut wings.
VSS Unity reached a top speed of Mach 2.9 during the 2018-12-13 flight.
Virgin Galactic completed its first revenue-generating flight with the 2018-12-13 mission of VSS Unity.