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X-15A-2
X-15A-2

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Family: Winged. Country: USA. Status: Hardware.

Manned hypersonic research rocket aircraft. Stretched rebuild of crashed X-15A, with drop tanks. Reached Mach 6.7 and 108 km altitude.


Specifications

Liftoff Thrust: 23,174 kgf. Total Mass: 23,095 kg. Core Diameter: 1.4 m. Total Length: 15.5 m.


X-15A-2 Chronology


1964 Jun 25 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 32. Launch Site: Edwards .
1964 Aug 14 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 33. Launch Site: Edwards .
1964 Sep 29 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 34. Launch Site: Edwards .
1964 Nov 30 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 35. Launch Site: Edwards .
1965 Feb 17 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 36. Launch Site: Edwards .
1965 Apr 28 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 37. Launch Site: Edwards .
1965 May 18 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 38. Launch Site: Edwards .
1965 Jun 22 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 39. Launch Site: Edwards .
1965 Jul 8 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 40. Launch Site: Edwards .
1965 Aug 3 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 41. Launch Site: Edwards .
1965 Sep 2 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 42. Launch Site: Edwards .
1965 Nov 3 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 43. Launch Site: Edwards .
1966 May 18 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 44. Launch Site: Edwards .
1966 Jul 1 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 45. Launch Site: Edwards .
1966 Jul 21 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 46. Launch Site: Edwards .
1966 Aug 3 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 47. Launch Site: Edwards .
1966 Aug 12 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 48. Launch Site: Edwards .
1966 Aug 30 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 49. Launch Site: Edwards .
1966 Nov 18 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 50. Launch Site: Edwards .
1967 May 8 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 51. Launch Site: Edwards .
1967 Aug 21 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 52. Launch Site: Edwards .
1967 Oct 3 - LV Configuration: X-15 No. 2 Flight 53. Launch Site: Edwards .

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