Scaled Composites WhiteKnightTwo
WhiteKnightTwo is the reusable, four-engine, twin-fuselage carrier-aircraft family designed and built by Scaled Composites for Virgin Galactic. It carries a SpaceShipTwo vehicle between its fuselages to release altitude and also supports flight-crew training and simulation.
Identity
- Aliases
- White Knight TwoWK2Scaled Model 348Virgin Galactic mothership
- Family Name
- WhiteKnightTwo
- Full Name
- Scaled Composites WhiteKnightTwo
- Reusability
- fully_reusable
- Slug
- scaled-composites-whiteknighttwo
- Status
- active
- Type
- other
Details
- Description
- WhiteKnightTwo is the reusable, four-engine, twin-fuselage carrier-aircraft family designed and built by Scaled Composites for Virgin Galactic. It carries a SpaceShipTwo vehicle between its fuselages to release altitude and also supports flight-crew training and simulation.
- Engines
- Count
- 4
- Name
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308A
- Placement
- other
- First Flight Year
- 2,008
- Manufacturer Id
- jd74r57mckrafmkypspbj7049n7njw2z
- Operator Id
- jd765ava9sj8jasvwhgxjv7w517kpcfs
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- Creation Time
- 7/17/2026, 4:43:58 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/17/2026, 4:47:06 AM