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MW 18014

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| mission_type = Test launch
| mission_type = Test launch
| operator = [[Wehrmacht]]
| operator = [[Wehrmacht]]
| suborbital_apogee = 176 km (109 miles){{cite journal |author=M.P. Milazzo |author2=L. Kestay |author3=C. Dundas |author4=U.S. Geological Survey |title=The Challenge for 2050: Cohesive Analysis of More Than One Hundred Years of Planetary Data |journal=Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop |volume=1989 |pages=8070 |url=https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/V2050/pdf/8070.pdf |publisher=Planetary Science Division, NASA |accessdate=2019-06-07|bibcode=2017LPICo1989.8070M |year=2017 }}{{cite book |last1=Bright |first1=Michael |last2=Sarosh |first2=Chloe |title=Earth from Space |date=2019 |publisher=Ebury Publishing |location=Introduction |isbn=9781473531604 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AUF9DwAAQBAJ&dq=mw18014&pg=PT22 |accessdate=2019-06-07 |language=en}}
| suborbital_apogee = 176 km (109 miles){{cite journal |author=M. P. Milazzo |author2=L. Kestay |author3=C. Dundas |author4=U. S. Geological Survey |title=The Challenge for 2050: Cohesive Analysis of More Than One Hundred Years of Planetary Data |journal=Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop |volume=1989 |pages=8070 |url=https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/V2050/pdf/8070.pdf |publisher=Planetary Science Division, NASA |accessdate=2019-06-07 |bibcode=2017LPICo1989.8070M |year=2017 }}{{cite book |last1=Bright |first1=Michael |last2=Sarosh |first2=Chloe |title=Earth from Space |date=2019 |publisher=Ebury Publishing |location=Introduction |isbn=9781473531604 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AUF9DwAAQBAJ&dq=mw18014&pg=PT22 |accessdate=2019-06-07 |language=en}}
| spacecraft = MW 18014
| spacecraft = MW 18014
| spacecraft_type = [[V-2 rocket|A-4/V-2]]{{refn|group=nb|name=etymology|V-2 rockets were still known as A-4s until September 1944}}
| spacecraft_type = [[V-2 rocket|A-4/V-2]]{{refn|group=nb|name=etymology|V-2 rockets were still known as A-4s until September 1944.}}
| manufacturer = [[Mittelwerk]] GmbH
| manufacturer = [[Mittelwerk]] GmbH
| launch_mass = 12,500 kg
| launch_mass = 12,500 kg
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'''MW 18014''' was a German [[V-2 rocket|A-4 test rocket]]{{refn|group=nb|name="etymology"}} launched on 20 June 1944,{{cite web|url=http://astronautix.com/chrono/19442.htm|title=Peenemuende|last=Wade|first=Mark|website=[[Astronautix.com]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050425131553/http://astronautix.com/chrono/19442.htm|archivedate=2005-04-25|url-status=dead|accessdate=2019-06-07}} at the [[Peenemünde Army Research Center]] in [[Peenemünde]]. It was the first man-made object to reach [[outer space]], attaining an [[apogee]] of {{Convert|176|km|mi||sigfig=3}}, well above the [[Kármán line]] that was established later as the lowest altitude of space.{{cite web | url=http://www.universetoday.com/25410/how-far-is-space/ | title=How high is space? | website=[[Universe Today]] | last=Williams | first=Matt | date=2016-09-16 | accessdate=2017-05-14 | url-status=live | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602105939/https://www.universetoday.com/25410/how-far-is-space/ | archivedate=2017-06-02 }} It was a vertical test launch, and was not intended to reach [[orbital speed|orbital velocity]], so it returned and impacted Earth, making it the first [[sub-orbital spaceflight]].
'''MW 18014''' was a German [[V-2 rocket|A-4 test rocket]]{{refn|group=nb|name="etymology"}} launched on 20 June 1944,{{cite web |url=http://astronautix.com/chrono/19442.htm |title=Peenemuende |last=Wade |first=Mark |website=[[Astronautix.com]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050425131553/http://astronautix.com/chrono/19442.htm |archivedate=2005-04-25 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2019-06-07}} at the [[Peenemünde Army Research Center]] in [[Peenemünde]]. It was the first man-made object to reach [[outer space]], attaining an [[apogee]] of {{Convert|176|km|mi||sigfig=3}}, well above the [[Kármán line]] that was established later as the lowest altitude of space.{{cite web | url=http://www.universetoday.com/25410/how-far-is-space/ | title=How high is space? | website=[[Universe Today]] | last=Williams | first=Matt | date=2016-09-16 | accessdate=2017-05-14 | url-status=live | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602105939/https://www.universetoday.com/25410/how-far-is-space/ | archivedate=2017-06-02 }} It was a vertical test launch and was not intended to reach [[orbital speed|orbital velocity]], so it returned and impacted Earth, making it the first [[sub-orbital spaceflight]].


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