Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise PF04

Name: Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise PF04
Start: 2014-10-31T12:00:00.000Z
Location: Mojave Air and Space Port

SpaceShipTwo

Status

Failure

Date

31 OCT 2014

12:00

Launch Provider

Virgin Galactic

Launch Pad

Mojave Air and Space Port

Air launch to Suborbital flight

Mission Overview

Powered test flight of VSS Enterprise. Unintended feathering destroyed the vehicle in-flight, killed one pilot and injured the other.

Rocket

SpaceShipTwo

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Suborbital

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

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

Launch Mass

9 T

Thrust

310 kN