AIRCRAFT PROGRAM
Photo: Virgin Galactic
| Lift type | Fixed wing | ||
| Construction type | Factory-built | ||
| Control type | Piloted | ||
| Engine type | Turbofan | ||
| Application | Experimental | ||
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Twin hulled high altitude launch platform for SpaceShipTwo, SpaceShip III, or Virgin Space Ships (VSS). Formerly known as Scaled Composites Model 348 WhiteKnightTwo, then The Spaceship Company WhiteKnightTwo.
| Variant | Launch/First flight | Production end | |
| The Spaceship Company WhiteKnightTwo | 2008 / 2008 | Flying spaceplane carrier aircraft, also developed as Virgin Galactic Virgin MotherShip VMS Eve. | |
| Virgin Galactic Next Generation Mothership | 2022 / | Upgraded and modernised variant. |
View full news archive for the Virgin Galactic Mothership.
See recent updates (latest 31/01/2025)
| The Spaceship Company | News | Manufacturing subsidiary of Virgin Galactic |
| Virgin Galactic | News |
Other aircraft programs: Virgin Galactic Delta Class, Virgin Galactic Mach 3
| Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company | Analysis | News | Research/Consulting Services: Aided design and manufacture (Virgin Galactic Next Generation Mothership) |
| Scaled Composites LLC | Analysis | News | Design Services: Developed initial design |
| Applied Aerospace Structures Corp. | Analysis | Aircraft Structural Components: Structural composite components |
| Lee Aerospace, Inc | Analysis | Aircraft Structural Components: Structural composite components |
| MTCI (was Gaffoglio Family Metalcrafters) | Analysis | Aircraft Structural Components: Structural composite components |
| Pratt & Whitney Canada | Analysis | Turbofan Engines: (PW300 Series - The Spaceship Company WhiteKnightTwo - PW308A ) |
| Scaled Composites LLC | Analysis | News | Prototyping: |
