Scaled Composites White Knight - SpaceShipOne Program

SpaceShipOne Program

Flights of White Knight are numbered, starting with flight 1 on August 1, 2002. Flights where SpaceShipOne was carried also get one or two appended letters. An appended "C" indicates that the flight was a captive carry, and "L" indicates that SpaceShipOne was launched. If the flight actually flown differs in category from the intended flight then two letters are appended, the first giving the intended mission and the second the mission actually performed.

White Knight flights carrying SpaceShipOne
Flight Date SS1 Pilot SpaceShipOne flight
24C May 20, 2003 Peter Siebold 01C
29C July 29, 2003 Brian Binnie 02C
30L August 7, 2003 Brian Binnie 03G
31LC August 27, 2003 Brian Binnie 04GC
32L August 27, 2003 Brian Binnie 05G
37L September 23, 2003 Peter Siebold 06G
38L October 17, 2003 Peter Siebold 07G
40L November 14, 2003 Brian Binnie 08G
41L November 19, 2003 Brian Binnie 09G
42L December 4, 2003 Peter Siebold 10G
43L December 17, 2003 Peter Siebold 11P
49L March 11, 2004 Brian Binnie 12G
53L April 8, 2004 Brian Binnie 13P
56L May 13, 2004 Brian Binnie 14P
60L June 21, 2004 Mike Melvill 15P
65L September 29, 2004 Mike Melvill 16P
66L October 4, 2004 Brian Binnie 17P

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