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Bookmark or Share- Experimental SpaceplaneDARPA’s Experimental Spaceplane program (formerly known as XS-1) aims to build and fly the first of an entirely new class of hypersonic aircraft that would bolster national security by providing short-notice, low-cost access to space.
- XS-1 Phase B: DARPA’s new space plane looks skywardThe unmanned and fully reusable space plane is to provide "aircraft-like access" to space, being capable of Mach 10+ hypersonic flight, to launch a small payload of between 1,400kg and 2,300kg into low Earth orbit and to have a fast turnaround that enables it to fly ten times in as many days.
- DARPA scraps XS-1 military space plane project after Boeing drops outExperimental Spaceplane, previously known as XS-1, aimed to nurture the development of a reusable vehicle that could help loft satellites cheaply and rapidly. Indeed, DARPA wanted the craft...
- Northrop Grumman gives early look at its XS-1 Experimental Spaceplane ...In flight, the Northrop version of the XS-1 will take advantage of the company's experience in unmanned aircraft to use a highly autonomous flight system and will release an expendable upper...
- XS-1: DARPA's Experimental Spaceplane | SpaceThe XS-1 (Experimental Spaceplane 1) is envisioned to heft payloads for less than $5 million a flight, each weighing between 3,000 and 5,000 lbs. (1,360 to 2,267 kilograms). The aircraft-like...
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