VentureStar

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Lockheed Martin VentureStar X-33 follow-on RLV (Reusable Launch Vehicle)

1:110 Scale

H:35.2 cmD:36.4 cm

~37 bricks tall~45 studs wide

Concept Date2001-03-01

Family: VentureStar·Program: RLV Technology Program

Designer: Lockheed Martin·Manufacturer: Lockheed Martin·Operator: NASA·Commissioner: NASA

1 Stage

Height / Length

38.7 m

Diameter

40 m

Launch Mass

1,000,000 kg

Takeoff Thrust

30,700 kN

LEO Capacity

20,000 kg

Mission Profile

VentureStar was Lockheed Martin's proposed full-scale single-stage-to-orbit reusable launch vehicle, envisioned as a successor to the X-33 technology demonstrator under NASA's Reusable Launch Vehicle program. The 38.7-meter tall spaceplane would have used a revolutionary aerospike engine and composite fuel tanks to reach orbit without staging, targeting up to 20,000 kg to LEO. Cost overruns and composite tank failures during X-33 testing led to the cancellation of both the demonstrator and VentureStar in 2001.

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