SpaceShipTwo
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Built & Operated By
Virgin Galactic
Private · founded 2004
Maiden Flight
10 OCT 2010
Flight Life
Short suborbital flights
About
The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo is an air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism. It is manufactured by The Spaceship Company, a California-based company owned by Virgin Galactic.
Spacecraft Specifications
Height
18 m
Diameter
8.2 m
Crew Capacity
8
Rating
Human-rated
Capability
SpaceShipTwo is carried to its launch altitude by a Scaled Composites White Knight Two, before being released to fly on into the upper atmosphere powered by its rocket engine. It then glides back to Earth and performs a conventional runway landing.
Operational History
The spaceship was officially unveiled to the public on 7 December 2009 at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. On 29 April 2013, after nearly three years of unpowered testing, the first one constructed successfully performed its first powered test flight.