X-41 Common Aero Vehicle

X-41 Common Aero Vehicle

X-41 is the designation for a still-classified U.S. military spaceplane. Specifications or photos of the program have not been released to the public yet; as a result not much is known about its goals. It has been described as an experimental maneuvering re-entry vehicle capable of transporting a 1,000 lb payload on a suborbital trajectory at hypersonic speeds and releasing that payload into the atmosphere.

This vehicle is now a part of FALCON (Force Application and Launch from Continental United States) program sponsored by DARPA and NASA.

External links

* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/x-41.htm GlobalSecurity.org: X-41]
* [http://www.spacedaily.com/news/rocketscience-05l.html Spacedaily.com: CAV]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A38272-2005Mar15?language=printer "Pentagon Has Far-Reaching Defense Spacecraft in Works"] , Washington Post, March 16, 2005


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