X-37
Mission: The X-37A, formerly known as the Future-X Pathfinder, is an unmanned reusable launch vehicle designed to evaluate over forty airframe, propulsion, and operations technologies to lower the cost of access to space. It will be launched from the Space Shuttle as a secondary payload. One single-chamber Rocketdyne AR2-3 rocket engine powers it.
Manufacturer: Boeing Company
Number Built: 1
Sponsor: USAF, NASA
Fastest Flight: 25.0 Mach (est.)
Highest Flight: NA
First Flight: 2001 (tentatively)
Last Flight: NA
Total Flights: NA
Length: 27 feet 6 inches
Wingspan: 15 feet 0 inches
Height: 9 feet 0.5 inch
Gross Weight: 12,000 lb
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