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VIRGIN GALACTIC –UNITY 22 FACTSHEETThe spaceflight experience:• The total duration of the flight is approximately 90 minutes with several minutes of weightlessness.• VSS Unity reaches a maximum altitude of above 50 miles. It takes approximately 50 minutes for VSS Unity to reach maximum altitude once it is released from VMS Eve at 50,000 feet.• VSS Unity is flown by two pilots and carries up to six passengers. Previous spaceflights:• The “Unity 22” mission is the 22nd test flightfor VSS Unity, and the Company’s 4th crewed spaceflight. • Virgin Galactic’s previous spaceflights took place on: o13 December 2018o22 February 2019o22 May 2021• The previous test flight in May represented the first human spaceflight from Spaceport America, New Mexico.• There will be two more test flights in the coming monthsincluding a revenue-generating flight with the Italian Air Force. The Company is on track to commence commercial service in 2022.Pilots:• Virgin Galactic has a team of 8 pilots: Dave Mackay (Chief Pilot), Jameel Janjua, Kelly Latimer, Michael Masucci, Patrick Moran, Beth Moses, Mark Stucky, CJ Sturckow.Vehicles:• The spaceflight system consists of two vehicles – SpaceShipTwo (SS2) VSS Unity spaceplane and its carrier aircraft VMS Eve.• In March 2021, Virgin Galactic unveiled VSS Imagine, the first SpaceShip III vehicle in its growing fleet. VSS Imagine has commenced ground testing with glide flights planned for this summer.Future Astronauts:• There are approximately 600 Future Astronauts from 60 countries who have a reservation for a Virgin Galactic flight.• Approximately 1,000 people have placed deposits as part of our One Small Step program and will befront of line for firm seat reservations, once they become available.The Gateway to Space, Spaceport America:• Virgin Galactic operates from The Gateway to Space building at Spaceport America.• The Spaceport is located on 18,000 acres in the Jornada del Muerto desert basin. It is adjacent to White Sands Missile Range and resides under restricted air space with WSMR.•Spaceport America includes vertical and horizontal launch complexes including a 12,000ft x 200ft runway.•It is the first purpose built commercial spaceport in the world.Leadership:Michael Colglazier, Chief Executive OfficerDoug Ahrens, Chief Financial OfficerMike Moses, President, Space Missions and SafetySwami Iyer, President of Aerospace SystemsStephen Attenborough, Chief Customer OfficerMichelle Kley, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Virgin Galactic---------------Virgin Galactic carried out another test flight of Spaceship Two intospace on Jul 11, with six Virgin Galactic employees on board: ChiefPilot David Mackay, Pilot Mike Masucci, and 'Astronaut 001' to'Astronaut 004' Richard Branson, Beth Moses, Colin Bennett and SirishaBandla.The Unity 22 mission took off from Spaceport America at 1443 UTC. Thecarrier plane VMS Eve, flying at 14.1 km altitude, dropped the VSS Unityspaceplane at 1525 UTC over 107.0W 33.2N. Two seconds later Unity firedits hybrid rocket engine for a 60 second burn with a cutoff velocity of0.98 km/s. Unity reached space at D+2:02 (2 min 2s after drop); atD+2:39 it reached an apogee of 86.2 km above sea level. It dropped below80 km at D+3:14 and glided to landing back at Spaceport America atD+14:19 (touchdown), with wheels stop at D+15:14. The exact drop time tothe second is not yet available.
Retrorocket Emblems has created a terrific pair of parody Mach emblems for Blue Origin's New Shepard and Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo. These are a spoof of the Space Shuttle "Mach 25" patches. With Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic now space-faring companies, these patches mark their milestones of achieving Mach 2 and 3 on their suborbital flights. Patches are the same size and color as the originals.
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