Enterprise (OV-101 test vehicle)

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Enterprise (OV-101) was NASA’s first Space Shuttle orbiter, built as a test vehicle for atmospheric flight and landing trials that paved the way for the operational shuttle fleet.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Enterprise (OV-101 test vehicle) canonical 1
Enterprise (OV-101) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Space Shuttle orbiter ⓘ
test vehicle ⓘ
approachAndLandingTestsEnd 1977-10 ⓘ
approachAndLandingTestsStart 1977-02 ⓘ
carriedOn Shuttle Carrier Aircraft ⓘ
category Individual spaceplanes ⓘ
NASA space vehicles ⓘ
Space Shuttle test vehicles ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1974-06-04 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crewCapacity up to 8 ⓘ
displayLocation New York City ⓘ
emptyMass 68000 kg ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1977-02-18 ⓘ
firstFreeFlightDate 1977-08-12 ⓘ
fleetPosition first Space Shuttle orbiter built ⓘ
followedBy Columbia (OV-102) ⓘ
height 17.27 m ⓘ
initialHomeBase Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center ⓘ
inspiredBy Star Trek fan campaign ⓘ
lastFreeFlightDate 1977-10-26 ⓘ
laterDisplayedAt Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum ⓘ
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center ⓘ
launchCapability no orbital launch capability ⓘ
length 37.24 m ⓘ
mainEnginesInstalled false ⓘ
manufacturer Rockwell International ⓘ
Rockwell International Space Division ⓘ
namedAfter Starship Enterprise ⓘ
USS Enterprise ⓘ
nameLanguage English ⓘ
nasaDesignation OV-101 ⓘ
neverFlewInSpace true ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitalFlights 0 ⓘ
precededBy none ⓘ
previousDisplayLocation Washington Dulles International Airport vicinity ⓘ
linked to: Dulles, Virginia
program Space Shuttle program ⓘ
publicUnveiling 1976-09-17 ⓘ
role Approach and Landing Test vehicle ⓘ
atmospheric flight test vehicle ⓘ
rolloutDate 1976-09-17 ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
spaceflights 0 ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
suborbitalFlights 0 ⓘ
tailNumber NCC-1701 (informal reference) ⓘ
testType captive-active flights ⓘ
captive-inert flights ⓘ
free-flight glides ⓘ
thermalProtectionSystemComplete false ⓘ
unveilingLocation Palmdale, California ⓘ
usedFor aerodynamic testing ⓘ
fit checks at launch facilities ⓘ
ground vibration tests ⓘ
landing tests ⓘ
wingspan 23.79 m ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

OV-102 → precededBy → Enterprise (OV-101 test vehicle) ⓘ
OV-102 Columbia → precededBy → Enterprise (OV-101) ⓘ
linked to: Enterprise (OV-101 test vehicle)