SpaceShipTwo
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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.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 310 kN
- Height
- 18 m
- Diameter
- 8.2 m
- Launch mass
- 9 t
- Stages
- 1
- LEO capacity
- 0 kg
- GTO capacity
- 0 kg
- GEO capacity
- 0 kg
- SSO capacity
- 0 kg
Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.
Flight record
67flightswith a definitive outcome
92.5%success rate62 of 67
5failuresincluding partial failures
11success streakcurrent
First flight October 10, 2010 · latest June 8, 2024 · 15:26 UTC
Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.
Flights per year
- Successful
- Failed
Show the numbers for SpaceShipTwo flights per year
| Year | Successful | Failed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2013 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |