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By March 2011, Virgin Galactic had submitted SpaceShipTwo as a reusable launch vehicle for carrying research payloads in response to NASA's suborbital reusable launch vehicle (sRLV) solicitation, which was a part of the agency's Flight Opportunities Program. Virgin projected research flights might reach a peak altitude of 110 km (68 mi).
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 .
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.
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic made history Monday, announcing that its SpaceShipTwo (SS2) space vehicle has successfully completed its first supersonic, rocket-powered test flight. At 7:02 ...
Virgin Galactic, which aims to be the world's first commercial space carrier, successfully tested its suborbital spaceship, Enterprise. Enterprise made its first solo test flight in California on ...
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. [2] [3] [needs update]
The vehicle in the accident, VSS Enterprise, registration N339SS, was the sole Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo test vehicle. [24] It was the first of the five SpaceShipTwo craft planned by Virgin Galactic. [25]
In 2008, Virgin Galactic ordered two White Knight Two vehicles. [6] Together, WK2 and SS2 were to form the basis for Virgin Galactic's fleet of suborbital spaceplanes.. In November 2010, The Spaceship Company had announced that it planned to build at least three additional White Knight Two aircraft and an additional five SpaceShipTwo rocket planes, the aircraft to be built by Virgin after the ...