On Monday, December 7th 2009 history will be made at the Mojave Desert Spaceport, California when Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites unveil SpaceShipTwo for the first time prior to her test flight program and the lead up to full commercial operations from Spaceport America in Upham, New Mexico in 2011.All Virgin Galactic customers with confirmed reservations will be invited to this exclusive and exciting event hosted by Sir Richard Branson and renowned aircraft designer Burt Rutan. To be a customer, one should have remitted a deposit of a mimumum of $20,0000 before November 20, 2009 (but for cold-hard cash arrangements could be made at this date).
There are five SS2's planned for the Virgin Galatic fleet with the first called "Enterprise" and the second "Voyager." There are two WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft named "VMS Eve" and "VMS Spirit of Steve Fossett."
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