by Rob Coppinger | Dec 9, 2008 | commercial launch services, Satellites, Technology, Virgin Galactic
Following Flightglobal’s exclusive regarding Virgin Galactic’s discussions with potential developers of an unmanned satellite booster that could be air launched from the mothership WhiteKnightTwo, its president Will Whitehorn has emailed to Flight the name...
by Rob Coppinger | Nov 17, 2008 | Space tourism, Virgin Galactic, White Knight
Hyperbola has learnt that Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo has made short runs under its own jet engine power and been shackled to a Mojave air and space port concrete platform test stand so its four Pratt & Whitney 308A engines can be fired up, potentially...
by Rob Coppinger | Nov 5, 2008 | Commercial human spaceflight, Personal spaceflight, Space tourism, Virgin Galactic
Hear Scaled Composites’ founder and chief technology officer Burt Rutan talk about SpaceShipTwo’s (SS2) flight frequency and alternate applications at the 2008 Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture air show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin In this...
by Rob Coppinger | Oct 20, 2008 | Virgin Galactic, White Knight
Although this photo has a lot of reflection in it you can see the window portals on the other side of the WhiteKnightTwo’s (WK2) cabin and very feintly you can see the rings of reinforcement of material around them and nothing inbetween, as it were Compare that...
by Rob Coppinger | Oct 1, 2008 | Virgin Galactic
At the International Astronautical Congress’ plenary session last night (Tuesday 30 September) Virgin Galactic president Will Whitehorn and UK small satellite specialist Surrey Satellite Technology chief executive Sir Martin Sweeting gave presentations (usual...
by Rob Coppinger | Sep 30, 2008 | Virgin Galactic
Here at the 59th International Astronautical Congress, organised by the UK’s British Interplanetary Society and taking place here in Glasgow, Scotland, Virgin Galactic president Will Whitehorn took a few minutes out of his schedule to talk to Flight about his...
