VSS Enterprise

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VSS Enterprise was the first SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane built by Virgin Galactic for commercial space tourism test flights.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
VSS Enterprise canonical 3
VSS 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf SpaceShipTwo-class suborbital spaceplane
experimental spacecraft
accidentCause in-flight breakup after premature feather deployment
accidentDate 2014-10-31
accidentLocation Mojave Desert
surface form: Mojave Desert, California
accidentPhase powered test flight
basedAt Mojave Air and Space Port
constructionStart 2006
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
crewCapacity 2
designer Burt Rutan
Scaled Composites
fatalities 1
firstFlight 2010-10-10
firstPoweredFlight 2013-04-29
fuselageCount 1
height 4.6 m
injuries 1
launchMethod air launch to suborbital trajectory
launchPlatform VMS Eve
length 18.3 m
manufacturer Scaled Composites
maximumAltitude approximately 110 km (design)
maximumSpeed Mach 3.5
namedAfter Starship Enterprise
surface form: Starship Enterprise from Star Trek
notableFeature feathered reentry system
operator Virgin Galactic
ownedBy Virgin Galactic
oxidizer nitrous oxide
parentCompany Virgin Group
partOf SpaceShipTwo
surface form: SpaceShipTwo program
passengerCapacity 6
precededBy SpaceShipOne
primaryUse commercial space tourism test flights
programGoal commercial suborbital space tourism
propellant hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene
propulsionType hybrid rocket motor
registration N339SS
rolloutDate 2009-12-07
spacecraftNamePrefix VSS Enterprise self-linksurface differs
surface form: VSS
spacecraftSeries SpaceShipTwo
spacecraftType suborbital spaceplane
status destroyed
successor VSS Unity
tailConfiguration twin boom with twin rudders
testPilotFatality Michael Alsbury
testPilotSurvivor Peter Siebold
VSSMeaning The Spaceship Company
surface form: Virgin Space Ship
wingConfiguration mid-wing
wingspan 8.2 m

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SpaceShipTwo testVehicle VSS Enterprise
VSS Unity predecessor VSS Enterprise
VSS Enterprise spacecraftNamePrefix VSS Enterprise self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: VSS
N348MS launchVehicleCarried VSS Enterprise