The Scaled Composites SpaceShipThree (SS3) is a proposed spaceplane to be developed by Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites if SpaceShipTwo is successful. The originally proposed vehicle mission was orbital spaceflight.[1] As of 2008[update], the company has scaled back those plans and articulated a design that would be a point-to-point vehicle traveling outside the atmosphere.[2]
As of 2008[update], the SpaceShipThree concept spacecraft will be used for transportation through point-to-point suborbital spaceflight. This service could provide, for example, a two-hour trip from London to Sydney. (Kangaroo Route)[2]
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- Italics indicates suborbital launch systems
- ‡ - Recovery failed on first three Falcon 1 flights; reusability abandoned thereafter
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