RocketMotorTwo
RocketMotorTwo is the rocket motor of the SpaceShipTwo spacecraft from Scaled Composites , which is used for suborbital space flight. The rocket motor is designed and built by the Sierra Nevada Corporation .
Test program
Scaled Composites has performed various test ignitions with scaled-down versions since June 2005. A test in 2007 resulted in an explosion in which three employees were killed. This led to delays at Scaled Composites. In 2009, the rocket motor was ignited for the first time in its original size, and in 2011 the first with full burn time. A total of ten test runs had been carried out by April 2012.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leonard David: Virgin Galactic Pushes Private Spaceship Envelope in Test Flights. Space.com, June 10, 2011, accessed January 2, 2012 .
- ↑ Tami Abdollah, Stuart Silverstein: Test Site Explosion Kills Three. Los Angeles Times, July 27, 2007, accessed January 2, 2012 .
- ↑ ROCKETMOTORTWO HOT-FIRE TEST SUMMARIES. (No longer available online.) Scaled Composites, April 2012, archived from the original on April 26, 2012 ; accessed on April 25, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
