SpaceShipTwo | Purdue 1

Materials Science

Time to liftoff

Targeting 2027

Target Window

2027

Exact time to be confirmed

Net Precision

Year

— Mission

Purdue 1

Suborbital· Sub

Suborbital research flight for Purdue University carrying a professor, student and three alumni.

— Rocket

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.

Length: 18 m
Diameter: 8.2 m
Launch Mass: 9 t
LEO Capacity: 0 kg
GTO Capacity: 0 kg
Maiden Flight: 2010

Launches

Success

Failures

— Launch Provider

Private

Virgin Galactic

Est. 2004 · Founder: Richard Branson

Virgin Galactic is an American spaceflight company within the Virgin Group. It is developing commercial spacecraft and aims to provide suborbital spaceflights to space tourists. Virgin Galactic's suborbital spacecraft are air launched from beneath a carrier airplane known as White Knight Two.

Total

Success

Pending

SpaceShipTwo | Purdue 1

Purdue 1

SpaceShipTwo

Spaceport America

Virgin Galactic