Civilian Space eXploration Team

[1] Prior privately funded space launches were achieved by the Orbital Sciences Pegasus, and many other amateur teams have made unverified claims of rocket flights exceeding the boundary of space.

It was dedicated to stuntman Dar Robinson, a late friend of Ky Michaelson.

This rocket failed in a large CATO (catastrophe at take off) motor failure just above the ground.

It was expected to reach 60 nautical miles (110 km) with a maximum speed of 3,205 mph (5,158 km/h).

Although the launch was fairly unsuccessful, it did set a record for amateur rocket speed of 3,205 mph (5,158 km/h).

[6][9][10][11] The rocket was 21 feet (6.4 m) tall and 10 inches (25 cm) in diameter, and used an ammonium perchlorate-based solid propellant.

[11] On July 14, 2014, the team repeated their accomplishment with a second successful space launch.

Analysis of the data from the recovered military-grade Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) that flew onboard shows that the GoFast rocket reached an altitude of 385,800 feet (73.07 mi; 117.6 km) above mean sea level and hit a top speed of 3,580 mph (5,800 km/h; 1,600 m/s).

The GoFast space launch, May 17, 2004.
Timeline of Space­Ship­One, Space­Ship­Two, CSXT and New Shepard sub-orbital flights. Where booster and capsule achieved different altitudes, the higher is plotted. In the SVG file, hover over a point to show details.