SpaceShipOne Flight 17P
SpaceShipOne Flight 17P was the final, prize-winning powered flight of the privately funded Tier One program. White Knight carried the reusable spacecraft from Mojave to 47,100 feet, where Brian Binnie began a 24-minute suborbital flight that reached 112.01 kilometres before a feathered atmospheric entry and runway landing.
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- SpaceShipOne 17PSpaceShipOne Flight 66L / 17PAnsari X Prize Flight 2X2 Flight
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- SpaceShipOne Flight 17P
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- SpaceShipOne Flight 17P was the final, prize-winning powered flight of the privately funded Tier One program. White Knight carried the reusable spacecraft from Mojave to 47,100 feet, where Brian Binnie began a 24-minute suborbital flight that reached 112.01 kilometres before a feathered atmospheric entry and runway landing.
- End Date
- 2004-10-04
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- Outcome
- Successful. SpaceShipOne reached Mach 3.09 during boost and a ratified 112.01-kilometre apogee, exceeding both the 100-kilometre X Prize threshold and the prior X-15 altitude record. It completed a stable feathered entry, returned to glider configuration, and landed at Mojave with no reported anomalies or maintenance discrepancies. As the spacecraft's second qualifying flight within five days, 17P secured the 10-million-dollar Ansari X Prize for Mojave Aerospace Ventures.
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- Start Date
- 2004-10-04
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- Creation Time
- July 7, 2026 at 14:35:47 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:53:38 UTC
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