Aero-TV: Virgin Galactic -- Leading The Way in Space Tourism, Part 2

during the second half of 2009. The spaceship hitches a ride up to around 50000 feet attached to a specially designed carrier aircraft, 'the mothership.' Once at 50000 feet, the spaceship is released from the mothership and ignites its hybrid rocket. The spaceship then begins a climb from 50000 feet to over 360000 feet. This climb takes about 90 seconds and will reach a speed of just over 3 times the speed of sound. Shortly before the apogee (maximum altitude) of its flight path, the ...

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YouTube | June 26, 2009

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