Weather forecast for Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space flight launch – All you need to know: Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Holding Inc is going to send the VSS Unity, which is a passenger rocket plane, on Sunday. It is the first fully crewed test flight.
Beyond the Earth’s atmosphere, this will be the fourth crewed test mission, for the space tourism company. VSS Unity will carry Branson, three mission specialists, and two pilots.
The Virgin Galactic space flight launch altitude will be about 50000 feet from the virgin Galactic carrier plane. From there, to reach the boundary of space, it will soar on its own rocket. Before beginning a descent back to the Earth, the crew will experience weightlessness for 4 minutes.
Virgin Galactic has received more than 600 flight reservations
If this becomes successful then Virgin Galactic is going to prove its mettle in the space race. It helps Branson to beat the rival Jeff Bezos and his space company, Blue Origin.
On 20th July, the founder of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos is set to fly aboard the New Shepard, suborbital rocket ship of Blue Origin.
Virgin plans two test flights. If this mission is completed successfully then next year it will begin the commercial service also.
As per Reuters, more than 600 flight reservations have been received by the company. The price is around UDS 250,000 per ticket.
Weather forecast for the Virgin Galactic launch
Spaceport America is located in the Jornada del Muerto desert basin, 32 km southeast of Truth or Consequences, and 72 km north of Las Cruces.
On this Saturday morning, skies are clear with one percent precipitation, 57 % humidity, and an 8 km/hour speed of wind blowing. 17 degrees Celsius is the temperature.
In a tweet, Virgin Galactic said the skies over Spaceport America are ready.
It said, “Soon, our #Unity22 mission specialists will soar above New Mexico and see Earth from a spectacular point of view.”
