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X-41 Common Aero Vehicle

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X-41 is the designation, initiated in 2003, for a still-classified U.S. military spaceplane.

Description

Specifications or photos of the X-41 program have not been released to the public; thus little is known about its goals. It has been described as an experimental manoeuvring reentry vehicle capable of transporting a 1,000-pound payload on a sub-orbital trajectory at hypersonic speeds and releasing that payload into the atmosphere. The word "Aero" in "Common Aero Vehicle" stood for "aeroshell", not "aerospace", because the CAV was a common aerothermodynamic shell for varying and multiple payloads.^[1] The technology necessary for the X-41 is not known and reportedly has yet to be developed. However, it is believed to be a new form of hypersonic propulsion capable of exceeding Mach 7, perhaps reaching {{convert|9|Mach}}.

The X-41 is now part of the FALCON (Force Application and Launch from Continental United States) program sponsored by DARPA and NASA.

References

1. ^http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/x-41.html

External links

GlobalSecurity.org: X-41
Spacedaily.com: CAV
[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38272-2005Mar15.html Pentagon Has Far-Reaching Defense Spacecraft in Works], Washington Post, March 16, 2005

4 : Spaceplanes|United States experimental aircraft 2000–2009|DARPA|Space launch vehicles of the United States

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