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SpaceShipTwo was a low-aspect-ratio passenger spaceplane. Its capacity was planned to be eight people — six passengers and two pilots. The SpaceShipTwo spaceplanes never flew with more than 6 people onboard (4 passengers, 2 pilots).
It was the first of the five SpaceShipTwo craft planned by Virgin Galactic. [25] Since October 2010, VSS Enterprise had flown 20 captive flights while remaining attached to its WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft, 31 unpowered glide-to-landing tests, and three rocket-powered test flights .
VSS Enterprise (tail number: N339SS [1]) was the first SpaceShipTwo (SS2) spaceplane, built by Scaled Composites for Virgin Galactic.As of 2004, it was planned to be the first of five commercial suborbital SS2 spacecraft planned by Virgin Galactic.
VSS Unity (Virgin Space Ship Unity, Registration: N202VG), previously referred to as VSS Voyager, was a SpaceShipTwo-class suborbital rocket-powered crewed spaceplane. It was the second SpaceShipTwo-spacecraft to be built and was used as part of the Virgin Galactic fleet. VSS Unity [26] was unveiled on 19 February 2016.
Scaled Composites was contracted to develop and build the initial prototypes of WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo, and then TSC began production of the follow-on vehicles beginning in 2008. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] In 2012, after Northrop Grumman acquired Scaled Composites, Virgin Galactic acquired the remaining 30% of The Spaceship Company.
VSS Unity, the second SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane for Virgin Galactic, [10] was the first SpaceShipTwo built by The Spaceship Company. The ship's name was announced on 19 February 2016. [4] Prior to the naming announcement, the craft was referred to as SpaceShipTwo, Serial Number Two.
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RocketMotorTwo (RM2) [1] is a family of hybrid rocket engines developed for the Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane. The first-generation engine was developed by Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), [2] from the late 2000s to May 2014. It was first ignited in flight during a SpaceShipTwo test launch in April 2013.