Mission type Test launch Spacecraft type V-2 Destroyed 20 June 1944 Launch date 20 June 1944 Operator Wehrmacht | Spacecraft MW 18014 Disposal Impact Launch mass 12,500 kg Manufacturer Mittelwerk | |
MW 18014 was a German V-2 rocket test launch that took place on 20 June 1944, at the Peenemünde Army Research Center in Peenemünde. It was the first man-made object to reach outer space, attaining an apoapsis of 176 kilometers, which is above the Kármán line (the currently accepted boundary of Earth's atmosphere, at 100 km above the surface). It was a vertical test launch. Although it reached space, it was a sub-orbital spaceflight and therefore returned to Earth in an impact.
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