NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital
Success

Flight 17P

Launch Time
Mon Oct 04, 2004 14:49 UTC

Rocket

SpaceShipOne
Scaled
Status: Retired
Payload to LEO: 0 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 1
Strap-ons: 0

Vehicles

Mojave Air and Space Port

SpaceShipOne

Flight #3
5 day turnaround

Mission Details

Flight 17P

It was the second competitive flight in the Ansari X Prize competition to demonstrate a non-governmental reusable crewed spacecraft and is hence also referred to as the X2 flight. It was a successful flight, winning the XPRIZE. The pilot was Brian Binnie.

Suborbital

Location

White Knight, Mojave Air and Space Port, California, USA