SpaceShipOne flight 14P

Flight 14P of SpaceShipOne was its third powered flight, which occurred on May 13, 2004. The pilot was Mike Melvill.

SpaceShipOne was released from White Knight at an altitude of 46,000 feet (14.0 km) and a speed of 120 knots (62 m/s). After ten seconds the rocket was lit, for a 55 second burn.

At burn-out the altitude was 150,000 feet (45.7 km) and the Mach number was 2.5. The craft then coasted to an apogee altitude of 211,400 feet (64.3 km).

At one point during the flight, the avionics computer froze up and had to be rebooted. Melvill flew the aircraft manually until the computer became operable again.

During reentry, the craft attained Mach 1.9 and deceleration of 3.5 g (34 m/s²). The craft switched to glider configuration at 55,000 feet (17.4 km). The craft returned to the spaceport and landed safely.

SpaceShipOne after its successful flight into space, June 21, 2004.

External links

Scaled Composites' public flight log
SpaceShipOne video footage (RealVideo)

Scaled Composites

Spaceflight program

Tier One SpaceShipOne White Knight One Tier 1b SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise† VSS Unity RocketMotorTwo White Knight Two VMS Eve VMS Spirit of Steve Fossett Tier 2 SpaceShipThree Stratolaunch Roc

Ansari X Prize flights	Tier One 11P 13P 14P 15P 16P 17P

The Spaceship Company Mojave Aerospace Ventures

Notable people

Burt Rutan (founder)
Kevin Mickey (president)
Doug Shane (former president)
Michael Alsbury†
Brian Binnie
Mike Melvill
Peter Siebold (test pilots)

Aircraft (main designs)

Aircraft (as subcontractor)

Rocketcraft (as subcontractor)

Technology demonstrators

ARES
ATTT
BiPod
Catbird
Triumph
Model 395 (unmanned)
Model 396 (unmanned)

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