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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
Launch cost
LEO capacity
0 kg
GTO capacity
0 kg
GEO capacity
0 kg
SSO capacity
0 kg

Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.

Flight record

Flights
67
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
92.5%
62 of 67
Current success streak
11
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
Between consecutive booster flights

Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.

Launches