Virgin Galactic RocketMotorTwo
Virgin Galactic RocketMotorTwo is the named hybrid rocket motor configuration used by SpaceShipTwo, including the motor that powered VSS Unity on its first spaceflight.
Identity
- Aliases
- RocketMotorTwoRocket Motor TwoRocketMotorTwo hybrid rocket motor
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- variant
- Kind
- hybrid-rocket-motor
- Name
- Virgin Galactic RocketMotorTwo
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- Virgin Galactic RocketMotorTwo is the named hybrid rocket motor configuration used by SpaceShipTwo, including the motor that powered VSS Unity on its first spaceflight.
- Family
- Manufacturers
- Propellants
- nitrous oxidepolyamide
- Rocket Specs
- Cycle
- hybrid
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 25, 2026 at 06:32:47 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 25, 2026 at 06:32:47 UTC
Other
- Search Name
- Virgin Galactic RocketMotorTwo RocketMotorTwo Rocket Motor Two RocketMotorTwo hybrid rocket motor
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-25
- Note
- Identifies the exact RocketMotorTwo hybrid rocket motor, its use by Virgin Galactic to power VSS Unity first spaceflight on December 13, 2018, The Spaceship Company as manufacturer, and nitrous oxide/polyamide propulsion.
- Publisher
- National Air and Space Museum
- Title
- Rocket Engine, Hybrid, RocketMotorTwo
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-25
- Note
- Names RocketMotorTwo as the hybrid engine that powered SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity into space for the first time.
- Publisher
- National Air and Space Museum
- Title
- Virgin Galactic Rocket Motor Joins Air and Space Collection
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-25
- Note
- Establishes the SpaceShipTwo operating sequence: White Knight Two carries it to altitude, then SpaceShipTwo ignites its hybrid rocket engine after release.
- Publisher
- NASA
- Title
- 95 years ago: First Human Rocket-Powered Aircraft Flight
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-25
- Note
- Documents one SpaceShipTwo hybrid rocket motor, its post-release ignition, nitrous oxide oxidizer, and solid organic fuel; configuration-dependent thrust and burn-time values are not copied into this exact node.
- Publisher
- FAA/AST
- Title
- Final EA for the Launch and Reentry of SpaceShipTwo Reusable Suborbital Rockets at the Mojave Air and Space Port