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[i]Engines have started on our mothership WhiteKnightTwo and we're preparing for take-off. Take off! WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo have taken to the skies as our team watch on below. Today is flight number 261 for WhiteKnightTwo and number 15 for SpaceShipTwo Unity. WhiteKnightTwo is taking SpaceShipTwo to release altitude at which point SpaceShipTwo will be released and the rocket motor ignited. WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo now at 30,000 feet and conducting routine cabin checks. Cabin checks complete. Results are good. WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo now at 42,000 feet. We are approximately 30 minutes from the release of SpaceShipTwo. WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo are at 43,000 feet. We have completed Mission Control critical comms checks and continue to rise. Release, release, release! SpaceShipTwo is flying free, having separated cleanly from its mothership WhiteKnightTwo. SpaceShipTwo's rocket motor has been ignited by our pilots Mark "Forger" Stucky and C.J Sturckow. Rocket motor has been shut down. SpaceShipTwo continues to travel upwards. SpaceShipTwo enters coast phase. Tail-booms raised into "feathered" re-entry position. SpaceShipTwo, welcome to space. SpaceShipTwo begins descent. SpaceShipTwo feather is down and locked. Landing gear down and locked. Wheel stop, SpaceShipTwo. Welcome back to Earth. SpaceShipTwo reached: 51.4 meters, 271,268 feet, 82.7 kilometers. SpaceShipTwo's rocket motor burnt for 60 seconds. We travelled at 2.9 Mach on the way up to today. That's 2.9 times the speed of sound. SpaceShipTwo returns from space.[/i]
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