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SpaceShipTwo
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Mission
Suborbital research flight for Purdue University carrying a professor, student and three alumni.
- Launch vehicle
- SpaceShipTwo
- Mission type
- Materials Science
- Destination orbit
- Suborbital
- Launch pad
- Spaceport America
- Provider
- Virgin Galactic
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
SpaceShipTwo
The Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo (SS2) is an air-launched suborbital spaceplane type designed for space tourism. It is manufactured by The Spaceship Company, a California-based company owned by Virgin Galactic.
- Height
- 18 m
- Diameter
- 8.2 m
- Stages
- 1
- Recorded launches
- 67
- First flight
- 2010-10-10
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DestinationSuborbital
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