avia.wikisort.org - AeroplaneSpaceShip III (SS3, also with Roman numeral III; formerly SpaceShipThree) is an upcoming class of spaceplanes by Virgin Galactic to follow SpaceShipTwo. It was first teased on the Virgin Galactic Twitter account on 25 February 2021 announcing the rollout of first plane on 30 March 2021.
Upcoming class of spaceplanes by Virgin Galactic
SpaceShip III |
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Type | Spaceplane |
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Manufacturer | Virgin Galactic |
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Concept evolution
The purpose originally proposed for SpaceShipThree in 2005 was for commercial orbital spaceflight, as part of a program called "Tier 2" by Burt Rutan founder of Scaled Composites.[2][3]
By 2008, Scaled Composites had reduced those plans and articulated a conceptual design that would be a point-to-point vehicle traveling outside the atmosphere.[4] By 2008, the SpaceShipThree concept was to be used for transportation through point-to-point suborbital spaceflight with the spacecraft providing, for example, a two-hour trip on the Kangaroo Route (from London to Sydney or Melbourne).[4]
Scaled was sold to Northrop Grumman in 2007,[5] and references to further work on a conceptual Scaled SS3 ended at some point afterwards from Scaled. Scaled was realigned by Northrop Grumman in 2015 as a research unit.[6] Virgin Galactic acquired full control of The Spaceship Company in 2012, the manufacturer of SS2.[7] The technology was built upon the base technology owned by Mojave Aerospace Ventures of Paul Allen, originally licensed in 2004.[8][9] Allen died in 2018,[10] subsequent space activities of the Vulcan Group went inactive afterwards.
By 2016, Richard Branson was still planning to have a point-to-point sub-orbital spaceliner follow-up to SpaceShipTwo, for Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company.[11]
Revised concept
The current SpaceShip III is designed to provide just a few minutes of weightlessness and views for space tourists for Virgin Galactic, and is a production version of SpaceShipTwo,[12] with improved maintenance and flight rate performance and does not have point to point transportation capabilities as previously envisioned in 2016.[11]
In early 2021, Virgin Galactic teased an upcoming vehicle on their Twitter account with the name shown in stylized font as "SPACESHIP 3".
Development
The first Spaceship III, VSS Imagine, was rolled out on 30 March 2021 and it was indicated there is ground testing to do before glide test flights should commence not earlier than Summer 2021.[12]
List of vehicles
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Unveil date |
In-service date |
Out-of-service date |
Notes |
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VSS Imagine |
2021 |
TBA |
TBA |
First SSIII |
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VSS Inspire |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Second announced SSIII |
[13] |
See also
References
External links
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Staff | |
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Vehicle classes | |
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Vehicles |
- SS2
- WK2
- VMS Eve
- VMS Spirit of Steve Fossett
- B747
- SS3
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Accidents and incidents | |
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Spaceflight | |
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Related companies |
- Virgin Group
- Galactic Ventures
- The Spaceship Company
- Virgin Orbit
- Vox Space
- Scaled Composites (Northrop Grumman)
- Mojave Aerospace Ventures (Vulcan Aerospace)
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Related topics | |
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The Spaceship Company |
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Related companies | | |
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Notable people | |
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Background |
- Ansari X Prize
- Scaled Composites Tier One
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Programs / Ships | |
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Related topics | |
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Rutan Aircraft Factory and Scaled Composites aircraft and spacecraft |
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Aircraft (main designs) | |
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Aircraft (as subcontractor) | |
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Technology demonstrators | |
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Rocketcraft (as subcontractor) | |
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Spaceflight program | Programs / Ships | |
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Ansari X Prize flights | |
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- The Spaceship Company
- Mojave Aerospace Ventures
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Model numbers | |
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Notable people | |
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Canada | |
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China | |
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Europe | Canceled | |
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Historical | |
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In development | |
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India | Canceled | |
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In development |
- RLV-TD
- Hypersonic Flight Experiment
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Japan | |
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Soviet Union/Russia | |
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United States | Active | |
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Historical | |
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Canceled | |
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In development | |
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Black projects[neutrality is disputed] | |
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Organizations | Active |
- Axiom Space
- Bigelow Aerospace
- Blue Origin
- Airbus D&S
- Mojave Aerospace Ventures
- Orbital Technologies
- PDAS
- Redwire
- Sierra Nevada Corporation
- Space Adventures
- The Spaceship Company
- SpaceX
- Virgin Galactic
- ARCA
- Association of Autonomous Astronauts
- Astronaute Club Européen
- Commercial Spaceflight Federation
- Copenhagen Suborbitals
- Space Frontier Foundation
- Space Tourism Society
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Defunct |
- Armadillo Aerospace
- Golden Spike Company
- MirCorp
- Orion Span
- RocketShip Tours
- Space Island Group (Space Island Project)
- XCOR Aerospace
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Vehicles | |
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Living in space |
- Commercialization of space
- Space colonization
- Space habitat
- Space medicine
- Space station
- Suborbital spaceplane
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Space competitions |
- America's Space Prize
- Ansari X Prize
- Google Lunar X Prize
- Space elevator competitions
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Space tourists | |
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Space tourism missions | |
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Related |
- Axiom Orbital Segment
- Tourism on the Moon
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Reusable launch systems and spacecraft |
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Launch systems |
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Active |
- Falcon 9 (first stage)
- Falcon Heavy (core stages)
- New Shepard*
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Retired |
- Space Shuttle (orbiter and boosters)
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In development |
- Amur (first stage)
- Ariane Next
- CALLISTO
- CORONA
- Electron (first stage)
- Hyperbola-2
- Long March
- 6X (first stage)
- 8R (first stage)
- Miura 5 (first stage)
- New Glenn (first stage)
- Pallas-1 (first stage)
- RLV-TD
- Skylon
- Starship (SpaceX)
- Vulcan (engines)
- WIRES
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Proposals |
- Kankoh-maru
- SASSTO
- Saturn-Shuttle
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Canceled | |
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Spacecraft |
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Active | |
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Retired | |
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In development | |
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Proposals | |
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Cancelled | |
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- * indicates suborbital vehicles
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Crewed spacecraft (programs) |
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Active |
- China
- Russia
- United States
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Retired |
- Soviet Union
- United States
- X-15
- Mercury
- Gemini
- Apollo
- Command and service module
- Apollo Lunar Module
- Space Shuttle
- SpaceShipOne
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In development |
- China
- India
- Iran
- Russia
- United States
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SpaceShip III, vormals SpaceShipThree genannt, ist ein Raumflugzeugtyp von Virgin Galactic und Nachfolgemodell des SpaceShipTwo.
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