Scaled Composites Tier One

Tier One is the name of the first commercial, private space project of the company Scaled Composites, which the Ansari X-Prize won. The chief designer Burt Rutan was. Was financed by the 25- million dollar project from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.

The system consists of several components. A carrier aircraft brings the space vehicle at 15 km altitude, from there it is disengaged and brought to an altitude of 100 kilometers with a rocket stage. The capsule can accommodate a pilot and two passengers. The first test flights in late 2003 and early 2004 were successful, so that has a private transport happens on 21 June 2004 for the first time the 100 -kilometer border with space. The transport plane is called White Knight, the slider is called SpaceShipOne.

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