Scaled Composites Ramps Up SS2 Test Rate

By Guy Norris .

LOS ANGELES — Scaled Composites marked a dramatic increase in the test rate of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo (SS2) by completing two glide tests over five days, including a 16-min. 7-sec. glide on April 27 that represents the longest flight to date.

The latest flight is the third in succession to increase flight time, the last one on April 22 having extended the glide to ...

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