WhiteKnightTwo

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carrier aircraft high-altitude research aircraft mothership aircraft twin-fuselage aircraft

WhiteKnightTwo is a twin-fuselage, high-altitude carrier aircraft developed by Scaled Composites to air-launch Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo suborbital spacecraft.

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Label Occurrences
WhiteKnightTwo canonical 10
White Knight Two 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf carrier aircraft ⓘ
high-altitude research aircraft ⓘ
mothership aircraft ⓘ
twin-fuselage aircraft ⓘ
aircraftType jet-powered aircraft ⓘ
airlineDesignator VMS (Virgin Mothership) ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Scaled Composites ⓘ
surface form: Scaled Composites Model 348
configuration twin-boom ⓘ
twin-fuselage ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewCapacity 2 ⓘ
designedBy Burt Rutan ⓘ
designedFor SpaceShipTwo ⓘ
Virgin Galactic suborbital tourism program ⓘ
designedForReusability true ⓘ
developer Scaled Composites ⓘ
developmentLocation Mojave, California ⓘ
engineModel Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308A ⓘ
engineType turbofan ⓘ
firstAircraftName VMS Eve ⓘ
firstFlight 2008-12-21 ⓘ
firstFlightLocation Mojave Air and Space Port ⓘ
introduced 2008 ⓘ
landingGearType tricycle landing gear ⓘ
launchAltitudeCapability high altitude ⓘ
launchMethod air launch ⓘ
length approximately 24 m ⓘ
approximately 78 ft ⓘ
manufacturer Scaled Composites ⓘ
material composite materials ⓘ
missionProfile carry SpaceShipTwo to launch altitude and release ⓘ
namedAfter Eve Branson ⓘ
numberOfEngines 4 ⓘ
operator Virgin Galactic ⓘ
passengerCapacity up to 6 in each fuselage (test configuration) ⓘ
primaryUser Virgin Galactic ⓘ
program Virgin Galactic ⓘ
programAssociation SpaceShipTwo program ⓘ
purpose air-launch platform for SpaceShipTwo ⓘ
registrationOfFirstAircraft N348MS ⓘ
role carrier aircraft for suborbital spacecraft ⓘ
runwayRequirement conventional runway ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 50,000 ft ⓘ
status in service ⓘ
successorTo White Knight (Scaled Composites Model 318) ⓘ
wingspan approximately 141 ft ⓘ
approximately 43 m ⓘ
wingType high-wing ⓘ

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

Scaled Composites → notableWork → WhiteKnightTwo ⓘ
The Spaceship Company → notableWork → WhiteKnightTwo ⓘ
Virgin Galactic → usesCarrierAircraft → WhiteKnightTwo ⓘ
SpaceShipTwo → launchesFrom → WhiteKnightTwo ⓘ
White Knight → successor → WhiteKnightTwo ⓘ
Model 318 White Knight → successor → WhiteKnightTwo ⓘ
VMS Eve → airframeFamily → WhiteKnightTwo ⓘ
Cosmic Girl → similarTo → WhiteKnightTwo ⓘ
White Knight carrier aircraft → successor → WhiteKnightTwo ⓘ
subject surface form: White Knight
N348MS → airlineCallsign → WhiteKnightTwo ⓘ
White Knight (Scaled Composites Model 318) → successor → WhiteKnightTwo ⓘ
this entity surface form: White Knight Two