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that the technology of the time was simply not advanced enough for such a design. While the composite tank walls themselves were lighter, the hydrogen tank shape necessary to fit inside the aerodynamic mouldline resulted in complex joints increasing the total mass of the composite tank to above that of an aluminum-based tank, and too heavy for an SSTO vehicle.
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The uncrewed X-33 was slated to fly 15 suborbital hops to near 75.8 km altitude. It was to be launched upright like a rocket and rather than having a straight flight path it would fly diagonally up for half the flight, reaching extremely high altitudes, and then for the rest of the flight glide
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be 10% of the fully fueled weight. This would allow a vehicle to fly to low Earth orbit without the need for the sort of external boosters and fuel tanks used by the Space
Shuttle. But, after the composite tank failed on the test stand during fueling and pressure tests, NASA came to the conclusion
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November 1999. The tank was constructed of honeycomb composite walls and internal structures to reduce its weight. A lighter tank was needed for the craft to demonstrate necessary technologies for single-stage-to-orbit
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Failures of its 21-meter wingspan and multi-lobed, composite-material fuel tank during pressure testing ultimately led to the withdrawal of federal support for the program in early 2001. Lockheed Martin has conducted unrelated testing, and has had a single success after a string of failures as
383:.. to build a vehicle that takes days, not months, to turn around; dozens, not thousands, of people to operate; with launch costs that are a tenth of what they are now. Our goal is a reusable launch vehicle that will cut the cost of getting a pound of payload to orbit from $ 10,000 to $ 1,000.
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The X-33 was never intended to fly higher than an altitude of 100 km, nor faster than one-half of orbital velocity. Had any successful tests occurred, extrapolation would have been necessary to apply the results to a proposed orbital vehicle.
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and the resulting drop in the anticipated number of commercial satellite launches per year, Lockheed Martin concluded that continuing development of the X-33 privately without government support would not be profitable.
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NASA had invested $ 922 million in the project before cancellation, and
Lockheed Martin a further $ 357 million. Due to changes in the space launch business—including the challenges faced by companies such as
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Flight tests would involve speeds of up to Mach 15 and altitudes up to approximately 75,800 meters... The test program was baselined for a combined total of 15 flights.
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1043:"X-33 Proposal by McDonnell Douglas - Computer Graphic"
1210:"Oxygen Compatibility Testing of Composite Materials"
1420:(press release), NASA, March 1, 2001, archived from
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51:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
1389:Status of the X-33 Reusable Launch Vehicle Program
486:Test of the X-33's thermal protection system, 1998
176:$ 922 million NASA + $ 357 million Lockheed Martin
433:ultimately caused NASA to cancel the X-33 program
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942:Wikisource:X-33 Advanced Technology Demonstrator
710:9,896 mph (15,926 km/h, 8,599 kn)
1188:"Subscale Composite Liquid Oxygen Tank Testing"
614:Based on the X-33 experience shared with NASA,
566:On July 2, 1996, NASA selected Lockheed Martin
388:D. Goldin NASA administrator on the RLV program
361:, an air-launched hypersonic research vehicle.
1237:, September 7, 2004, accessed January 9, 2017.
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979:David, Leonard (October 15, 2009).
364:The goals of the RLV program were:
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1095:Bergin, Chris (January 4, 2006).
1064:"X-33 Launch Complex (Area 1-54)"
953:Conner, Monroe (March 30, 2016).
676:285,000 lb (129,274 kg)
197:129,000 kg (285,000 lb)
5246:Proposed reusable launch systems
1331:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
1161:"The Policy Origins of the X-33"
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249:1,800 kN (410,000 lbf)
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1253:High-Performance Composites
1217:High-Performance Composites
1195:High-Performance Composites
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4893:Reusable Booster System
4883:Liquid Fly-back Booster
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655:General characteristics
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149:technology demonstrator
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1069:. USAF. Archived from
955:"Lockheed Martin X-33"
845:McDonnell Douglas DC-X
835:Lunar Lander Challenge
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664:69 ft (21 m)
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189:20 m (66 ft)
60:"Lockheed Martin X-33"
5236:Single-stage-to-orbit
5023:Space Shuttle orbiter
3733:experimental aircraft
3731:USAF / Joint Service
1675:C-130 Hercules family
1542:8-D, E & G Altair
1343:Simulated X-33 Flight
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1028:on February 24, 2013.
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290:suborbital spaceplane
4329:Orbital Test Vehicle
1884:Shooting Star family
1748:L-188 Electra family
1609:Constellation family
1424:on December 13, 2015
1117:on January 10, 2017.
1099:. NASA Space Flight.
987:on December 24, 2019
920:on February 15, 2017
840:Masten Space Systems
820:Interorbital Systems
749:Rockwell proposed a
646:Stennis Space Center
572:Palmdale, California
561:Great Falls, Montana
550:Salt Lake City, Utah
286:Lockheed Martin X-33
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4994:Buran-class orbiter
4835:Energia II (Uragan)
1402:on February 8, 2012
1271:www.astronautix.com
1208:Graf, Neil (2001).
1186:Graf, Neil (2001).
1167:on October 22, 2014
1138:on December 3, 2008
861:Skylon (spacecraft)
815:Bristol Spaceplanes
800:Armadillo Aerospace
674:Max takeoff weight:
144:Uncrewed re-usable
125:
4732:Rocket Lab Neutron
3785:"X" (1948–present)
1915:Starfighter family
1229:Northrop Grumman.
886:Spaceflight portal
721:Continued research
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1417:X-33 cancellation
780:McDonnell Douglas
775:McDonnell Douglas
580:McDonnell Douglas
351:McDonnell Douglas
282:
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240:linear aerospikes
165:Country of origin
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5251:Unflown aircraft
5045:Boeing Starliner
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1578:14 Super Electra
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690:linear aerospike
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648:, August 6, 2001
642:Aerospike engine
456:Northrop Grumman
389:
355:Orbital Sciences
324:aerospike engine
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2189:Cormorant (UAV)
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2107:P2V/P-2 Neptune
2085:Maritime patrol
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5187:* indicates
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5051:Dream Chaser
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4307:Venture Star
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4242:Not assigned
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3783:Experimental
3693:Not assigned
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2341:Star Clipper
2309:Experimental
2136:Other crewed
2102:PV-2 Harpoon
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5144:Silver Dart
5076:upper stage
5005:Gemini SC-2
4962:Boeing X-37
4923:VentureStar
4855:Hyperbola-2
4782:Kankoh-maru
4715:Orbex Prime
4684:Hyperbola-3
4663:Ariane Next
4642:* (booster)
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4611:New Shepard
4449:MightySat-2
4444:MightySat-1
3935:26–50
2336:Senior Prom
2273:Helicopters
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1982:Other types
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5205:Categories
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4945:Spacecraft
4908:Tianjiao-1
4903:Sea Dragon
4826:(boosters)
4759:Tianlong-3
4690:Long March
4570:spacecraft
4497:satellites
4480:(canceled)
4462:(canceled)
4459:TechSat-21
4322:(canceled)
4318:Blackswift
4311:(canceled)
4248:Unofficial
4040:X-44 (UAV)
4035:X-44 MANTA
3792:1–25
2483:Trident II
2453:High Virgo
2417:Big Dipper
2331:Senior Peg
2234:X-44 (UAV)
2127:P-7 LRAACA
2112:S-3 Viking
1973:X-44 MANTA
1600:43 Harpoon
1595:37 Ventura
1583:414 Hudson
1568:10 Electra
1532:7 Explorer
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894:References
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440:Globalstar
254:Propellant
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146:spaceplane
71:newspapers
5154:X-30 NASP
5116:Cancelled
5084:Proposals
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5064:(capsule)
5058:(capsule)
5047:(capsule)
5001:(capsule)
4865:Hopper /
4840:Falcon 1e
4775:Proposals
4767:(engines)
4709:New Glenn
4345:WaveRider
4093:51–
2478:Trident I
2463:Ping-Pong
2316:Have Blue
2117:P-3 Orion
1801:Excalibur
1552:DL.1 Vega
771:engines.
731:autoclave
460:cryogenic
444:Teledesic
316:cryogenic
313:composite
5191:vehicles
5074:Starship
5056:Mengzhou
4978:Shenlong
4973:Dragon 2
4845:Falcon 5
4801:Canceled
4753:Terran R
4721:Pallas-1
4678:Electron
4668:CALLISTO
4599:Falcon 9
4524:TacSat-5
4519:TacSat-4
4514:TacSat-3
4509:TacSat-2
4504:TacSat-1
4477:PnPSat-1
4413:Coriolis
4188:See also
3151:400 (II)
3031:282 (II)
2473:Poseidon
2441:Missiles
2422:Explorer
2247:Trainers
1537:8 Sirius
1481:Lockheed
1378:X planes
1375:"X-33",
1080:June 30,
964:April 9,
793:See also
745:Rockwell
644:test at
454:In 2004
386:—
237:XRS-2200
218:Canceled
141:Function
101:May 2011
5139:Mustard
4987:Retired
4969:(CSSHQ)
4867:Phoenix
4808:Adeline
4703:Miura 5
4621:Retired
4372:FASTRAC
4362:Program
4316:HTV-3X
3737:X-plane
3146:400 (I)
3026:282 (I)
2511:numbers
2499:J37/T35
2492:Engines
2468:Polaris
2458:Perseus
2214:Polecat
2209:MQM-105
2179:Aequare
1942:CL-1200
1932:NF-104A
1806:JetStar
1712:EC-130H
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1348:YouTube
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716:Mach 13
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341:History
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4787:SASSTO
4765:Vulcan
4738:Skylon
4727:RLV-TD
4673:CORONA
4634:Petrel
4592:Active
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4467:XSS-11
4454:XSS-10
4418:C/NOFS
4343:X-51A
4335:X-40A
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2184:AQM-60
2143:CL-400
2092:Hudson
1937:CL-288
1922:XF-104
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1770:CP-140
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1729:MC-130
1724:LC-130
1719:KC-130
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1692:AC-130
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1661:EC-121
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4387:ELFIN
4382:DANDE
4377:CUSat
4327:X-37
4305:X-33
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4067:X-47C
4062:X-47B
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3919:X-24C
3624:27–32
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2509:Model
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1958:YF-22
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3864:X-14
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3844:X-10
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3498:2000
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2386:X-56
2381:X-55
2376:X-35
2371:X-33
2356:X-17
2254:T-33
2219:RQ-3
2204:Fury
2172:UAVs
2163:TR-X
2158:TR-1
2076:D-21
2071:M-21
2056:A-12
2009:F-35
2004:F-21
1999:F-16
1963:F-22
1901:T-33
1896:F-94
1891:F-80
1865:P-38
1765:EP-3
1651:C-69
1483:and
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1368:2007
1355:X-33
1173:2011
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