SpaceShipOne flight 13P

Flight 13P of SpaceShipOne was its second powered flight, which occurred on April 8, 2004. The pilot was Peter Siebold.

SpaceShipOne was released from White Knight at an altitude of 45,600 ft (13,900 m). Ignition was delayed by about two minutes to evaluate a shock-induced stall buffet. The rocket was lit at an altitude of 38,300 feet (11.7 km) for a 40 second burn.

At burn-out, the Mach number was 1.6. The craft coasted to an apogee altitude of 105,000 feet (32.0 km).

During reentry the craft attained Mach 0.9. The craft switched to glider configuration at 40,000 feet (12.2 km). The craft returned to the spaceport and landed safely.

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

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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

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Notable people

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

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Model 395 (unmanned)
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