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X-34

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 This vehicle is the bridge between the X-33 and the DC-Xa. On August 28, 1996 The Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) was awarded by NASA a contract to design, build and test this Space Plane. It will be powered by a government furnished engine.

The X-34 would be air launched, by dropping it out of  Lockheed-1011 aircraft, thus eliminating the costly booster rockets. It would be able to reach speeds of Mach 8, reach altitudes of 250,000 ft, and return to land horizontally on a conventional runway.

It is lighter and smaller than the X-33. This single-engine rocket vehicle is 59-ft long.
less expensive and simplier to operate.

According to Nasa Press Release # 97-043, "Plans call for the reusable X-34 to fly up to 25 times within a year's period beginning in late 1998."


from http://rlv.msfc.nasa.gov/RLV_HTMLs/X34NR.html (link no longer works. X-series has been moved. We will post new "X Series" information when we find it again!)

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