X-15 Fl.143

USAF / NASA


Launch, orbit & landing data:

Launch vehicle X-15-3 Flight Nº: 46
Launch date - time 10 Aug 1965 - 19:24 UTC (from B-52)
Launch site Delamar Dry Lake
Airplane carier B-52
X-15 ID 3-46-70
Mass (kg)  kg
Mission Crewed suborbital test flight
Pilot Joe Engle
Suborbital flight:
High Apogee 82.6 km
Max Speed 5.712 km/h
Landing date - time 10 Aug 1965 - 19:34 UTC
Landing location 
Flight duration 9m 52s

Engle before X-15. Photo credit: NASA


Mission Report:


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