Boeing X-40A | |
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Državi | Zda |
Vlogo | Preskusno vozilo za drsanje |
Prvi let | 11. avgust 1998 |
Zgrajena | 1 |
V Boeing X-40A Space Maneuver Vehicle was a test platform for the X-37 Future-X Reusable Launch Vehicle. The unpiloted X-40 was built to 85% scale to test aerodynamics and navigation of the X-37 Future-X Reusable Launch Vehicle project. After the first drop test in August 1998 the vehicle was transferred to NASA, which modified it. Between April 4 and May 19, 2001 the vehicle successfully conducted seven free flights.In 2001 it successfully demonstrated the glide capabilities of the X-37’s fat-bodied, short-winged design and validated the proposed guidance system.
Boeing X-40A Sprehod Okoli | |
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Fotograf | Vladimir Jakubov |
Lokalizacijo | Narodni muzej ZDAF, Dayton |
Fotografije | 47 |
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Boeing X-40A je bilo eksperimentalno vozilo, ki je preizkusilo zasnovo in zmogljivost Boeing X-37, letala, ki ga je bilo mogoče ponovno zaužit, ki je lahko izstrelil satelite in izvajal druge misije v orbiti. X-40A je bila razširjana različica X-37, dolga 21 metrov in široka 11 metrov. Ni imel motorja ali pogonskega sistema, iz helikopterja so ga izpustili, da bi drsel na pristajališče. X-40A je letel sedemkrat med letoma 1998 in 2001, kar je prikazovanje aerodinamike in sistema za nagibanje koncepta X-37. X-40A je bil skupni projekt zračnih sil ZDA, NASA in Boeing Phantom Works.
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