Suborbital flight
X-15-1 Flight 1-79-139
X-15-1 Flight 1-79-139 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the X-15 program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
X-15-1 Flight 1-79-139 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the X-15 program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1968-S467; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 21 August 1968
- Launch location
- Not documented
- Launch vehicle
- Not documented
- Orbit
- Atmospheric trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 21 August 1968
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
X-15-1 Flight 1-79-139
GCAT program: X-15.
- GCAT ID
- R18538
- Manufacturer
- North American Aviation
- Launch mass
- 5,150 kg
- Dimensions
- 15 m long · 6.8 m diameter · 15 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from X-15-1 Flight 1-79-139.
Verification
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