During the test SpaceShipTwo made its maiden flight in the skies over the Mojave desert.
American, Virgin Galactic conducted another test of a suborbital vehicle SpaceShipTwo model of Unity. This was reported on the website of the company.
During the test SpaceShipTwo made its maiden flight in the skies over the Mojave desert in California. The test ended with a soft landing ship, during the descent engines were not involved. Tests were simulated (using the discharge water from ballast Cisterna) change the center of gravity of the ship.
The last test became the ninth flight of the ship Unity. The penultimate run of this model ship was held may 1, 2017, then also did not turn on the engines.
Ship SpaceShipTwo being developed by Virgin Galactic for suborbital tourist flights (above a hundred miles). Start a reusable apparatus is with the help of the WhiteKnightTwo carrier, which then detaches Unity and self-landing.
Unity, introduced in February of 2016, is a further refinement of the model Enterprise, which in October 2014 during a test flight crashed in the skies over Mojave. The cause of the accident named pilot error in the control functions of Unity, compared with the Enterprise, automated.
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