Scaled Composites White Knight Two
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Length | 24 m |
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Engine types | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW300 |
First flight | December 21, 2008 |
Number built | 1 |
Manufacturers | Scaled Composites |
Designers | Robert Morgan, James Tighe |
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ID | 1931725 |
About Scaled Composites White Knight Two
The Scaled Composites Model 348 White Knight Two is a quadjet cargo aircraft that is used to lift the SpaceShipTwo spacecraft to release altitude. It was developed by Scaled Composites from 2007 to 2010 as the first stage of Tier 1b, a two-stage to suborbital-space crewed launch system.