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Length: 82m
Fuselage Diameter: 6.25m
Wingspan: 25m
Unladen Mass: 41,000kg
Fuel Mass: 220,000kg
Max. Payload Mass: 12,000kg
Projected R&D Cost: $10bn
Expected First Flight: 2020
SABRE engine passes milestone tests
28 Nov 2012
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Skylon development given go-ahead by UK Space Agency
24 May 2011
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42T to assist in the mechanical design of SKYLON spaceplane
27 Apr 2011
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Space for improvement
6 Apr 2011
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Boeing agrees deal for Space Adventures
16 Sep 2010
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Martin Ditter of ESA UK Harwell research centre
08 February 2010
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UK to lead commercial space travel
27 Oct 2009
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Space tourism boosts research agenda
13 Jul 2009
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NASA and Virgin Galactic sign MOU
22 Feb 2007
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Virgin in space
29 Jul 2005
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Space tourism
25 Jul 2005
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