SpaceShipTwo

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SpaceShipTwo is a suborbital spaceplane developed for Virgin Galactic’s commercial space tourism program, designed to carry passengers to the edge of space for brief periods of weightlessness.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crewed spacecraft
rocket-powered spaceplane
suborbital spaceplane
accidentFatalities 1
accidentInjuries 1
accidentLocation Mojave Desert
surface form: Mojave Desert, California
altitudeRecordApproxKm 89
basedOn SpaceShipOne design
configuration mid-fuselage rocket engine
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
crewCapacity 2
designedFor brief periods of weightlessness
crewed suborbital research flights
microgravity experiments
suborbital space tourism
developedBy The Spaceship Company
Virgin Galactic
feature feathering reentry system
firstFlight 2010-10-10
firstPoweredFlight 2013-04-29
firstSpaceflight 2018-12-13
flightProfile ballistic suborbital trajectory
landingMethod runway landing
launchesFrom WhiteKnightTwo
mothership aircraft
launchMethod air launch to suborbital trajectory
launchSite Spaceport America
manufacturer The Spaceship Company
notableAccident 2014-10-31 in-flight breakup of VSS Enterprise
operationalVehicle VSS Unity
surface form: VSS Imagine

VSS Inspire
VSS Unity
operator Virgin Galactic
partOf Virgin Galactic commercial space tourism program
passengerCapacity 6
primaryCustomerType space tourists
program Virgin Galactic human spaceflight program
propellant hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene
nitrous oxide
reachedSpaceOn 2018-12-13
reachedSuborbitalAltitude true
reentryMethod gliding reentry
status operational
successorTo SpaceShipOne
testVehicle VSS Enterprise
ticketType commercial suborbital flight seat
usesPropulsion hybrid rocket motor
wingType feathered wing configuration

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WhiteKnightTwo designedFor SpaceShipTwo
SpaceShipOne inspired SpaceShipTwo
The Spaceship Company notableWork SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic usesSpacecraft SpaceShipTwo