SpaceShipOne flight 17P
Flight 17P of SpaceShipOne was a spaceflight in the Tier One program that took place on October 4, 2004. 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 X PRIZE.
| Mission type | Test flight |
|---|---|
| Operator | Scaled Composites |
| Mission duration | 24 minutes |
| Apogee | 112.01 kilometers (69.60 mi) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | SpaceShipOne |
| Manufacturer | Scaled Composites |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 1 |
| Members | Brian Binnie |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | October 4, 2004, 14:49 UTC |
| Launch site | White Knight, Mojave |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | October 4, 2004, 15:13 UTC |
| Landing site | Mojave |
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