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SpaceShipOne flight 17P
Mission type
Test flight
Operator
Scaled Composites
Mission duration
24 minutes
Apogee
112.01 kilometers (69.60 mi)[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft
SpaceShipOne
Manufacturer
Scaled Composites
Crew
Crew size
1
Members
Brian Binnie
Start of mission
Launch date
October 4, 2004, 14:49 (2004-10-04UTC14:49Z) UTC
Launch site
White Knight, Mojave
End of mission
Landing date
October 4, 2004, 15:13 (2004-10-04UTC15:14Z) UTC
Landing site
Mojave
Scaled Composites Tier One
← Flight 16P
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.
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