06.10.2023: nie było transmisji na żywo.The #Galactic04 mission will mark our:
◆ 9th spaceflight
◆ 5th spaceflight in 2023
◆ 4th commercial spaceflight
https://x.com/virgingalactic/status/1710310592127316369🌌🤩 Greetings from space, #Galactic04! Big congratulations to 017, 018, and 019.
https://x.com/virgingalactic/status/1710331596761628964Virgin Galactic performs fourth commercial suborbital flightJeff Foust October 6, 2023 [SN]
Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity lands at Spaceport America Oct. 6 at the end of the Galactic 04 mission. Credit: Spaceport AmericaWASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic continued its monthly cadence of commercial suborbital spaceflights Oct. 6, carrying three customers that included the first person from Pakistan to go to space. (...)
As with the previous flight, Galactic 03 on Sept. 8, Virgin Galactic did not provide a live broadcast, limiting itself to social media updates. Those updates themselves were published on a time delay: one post announcing ignition of the vehicle’s hybrid rocket motor was published at least 12 minutes after ignition, based on the timestamps in the images included with the post.
On board VSS Unity were three customers: Ron Rosano, Treavor Beattie and Namira Salim. The company did not release the customers’ names in advance of the flight, but all three disclosed their participation in the days leading up to the flight. (...)
https://spacenews.com/virgin-galactic-performs-fourth-commercial-suborbital-flight/The #Galactic05 research mission will carry microgravity and space-themed research. It will also mark our:
◆ 6th spaceflight in 2023
◆ 10th spaceflight
◆ 2nd research spaceflight in 2023
https://x.com/virgingalactic/status/1720083857645654136The astronauts from the #Galactic05 mission, designated as 020, 021, and 022 are:
● Astronaut 020 - Dr. @AlanStern, U.S. Planetary Scientist and Associate Vice President in Southwest Research Institute’s (@SwRI) Space Sector
● Astronaut 021 - @KellieGerardi, U.S. Payload Specialist and Bioastronautics Researcher for the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (@IIAS_NLC)
● Astronaut 022 - Private Astronaut – Franco-Italian nationality
https://x.com/virgingalactic/status/1720089324337983679Virgin Galactic carries researchers on fifth commercial suborbital flightJeff Foust November 2, 2023 [SN]
Participants on the Galactic 05 flight by Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity vehicle carry our research and other activities during the brief weightless phase of the Nov. 2 flight. Credit: Virgin GalacticWASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic completed its sixth and final suborbital spaceflight of the year Nov. 2, flying two researchers and a private astronaut.
The company’s VSS Unity spaceplane took off from New Mexico’s Spaceport America at 9 a.m. Eastern, attached to the VMS Eve mothership aircraft. Unity separated at about 9:45 a.m. Eastern, igniting its hybrid rocket motor to fly to a peak altitude of approximately 87.2 kilometers and top speed of Mach 2.96. Unity glided back to a runway landing at Spaceport America nearly an hour after takeoff.
https://spacenews.com/virgin-galactic-carries-researchers-on-fifth-commercial-suborbital-flight/Virgin Galactic launches four private astronauts as it prepares to end Unity flightsJeff Foust January 26, 2024 [SN]
Virgin Galactic’s VSS unity suborbital spaceplane lands at Spaceport America at the conclusion of the Galactic 06 flight Jan 26. Credit: Spaceport AmericaWASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic conducted its first suborbital mission of 2024 on Jan. 26 as the company prepares end flights of its current spaceplane. (...)
The VSS Unity spaceplane, attached the VMS Eve mothership aircraft, took off from Spaceport America in New Mexico at 12 p.m. Eastern. Unity separated about 45 minutes later, igniting its hybrid rocket engine. The vehicle reached a peak altitude of 88.8 kilometers before gliding back to a runway landing at the spaceport at 12:56 p.m. Eastern, according to data provided by the company
The flight, called Galactic 06 by Virgin Galactic, carried four customers for the first time, along with its two pilots. Previous commercial flights had three customers on board along with a Virgin Galactic astronaut trainer.
As with some recent flights, Virgin Galactic disclosed the identities of the four private astronauts only after the end of the mission. They are Americans Neil Kornswiet and Robie Vaughn, Ukrainian-American Lina Borozdina and Austrian Franz Haider. Unity was commanded by C.J. Sturckow with Nicola Pecile as pilot. (...)
Virgin Galactic said then that, after Galactic 06, it would fly Unity again on Galactic 07 in the second quarter of the year and, perhaps, a Galactic 08 mission in mid-2024. The company then plans to retire VSS Unity and shift resources into Delta-class vehicle development. (...)
https://spacenews.com/virgin-galactic-launches-four-private-astronauts-as-it-prepares-to-end-unity-flights/