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Galactic 03
Mission type
Crewed sub-orbital spaceflight
Operator
Virgin Galactic
Apogee
88.56 km (55.03 mi)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft
VSS Unity
Spacecraft type
SpaceShipTwo
Manufacturer
The Spaceship Company
Crew
Crew size
6
Members
Nicola Pecile Michael Masucci Beth Moses Ken Baxter Timothy Nash Adrian Reynard
Start of mission
Launch date
8 September 2023, 14:34UTC
Launch site
Spaceport America Runway 34
Deployed from
VMS Eve
End of mission
Landing date
8 September 2023, 15:36UTC
Landing site
Spaceport America Runway 34
Galactic 03 mission patch
VSS Unity spaceflights
← Galactic 02
Galactic 04 →
Galactic 03 (G03) was a crewed sub-orbital spaceflight of the SpaceShipTwo-class VSS Unity, launched on 8 September 2023. It was the third commercial spaceflight and eighth overall spaceflight for American aerospace company Virgin Galactic.[1]
^Virgin Galactic (8 September 2023). "VIRGIN GALACTIC COMPLETES FOURTH SUCCESSFUL SPACEFLIGHT IN FOUR MONTHS". Virgin Galactic. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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