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DC-XA
🇺🇸Delta Clipper Experimental Advanced
1:110 Scale
H:11.0 cmD:3.7 cm
~11 bricks tall~5 studs wide
Maiden Launch1996-05-19
1 Stage
Height / Length
12.1 m
Diameter
4.1 m
Launch Mass
19,050 kg
Takeoff Thrust
267 kN
Mission Profile
The DC-XA (Delta Clipper Experimental Advanced) was a single-stage American reusable launch vehicle technology demonstrator in the DC-X family, an upgraded version of the DC-X transferred to NASA under the SDIO/DC-X programme. Standing 12.1 m tall with a 4.1 m diameter and a liftoff mass of 19.1 tonnes, it generated 267 kN of thrust from four RL-10A-5 engines. First flying in May 1996, the DC-XA demonstrated key reusable VTVL technologies including a composite liquid hydrogen tank and rapid turnaround operations before being destroyed in a landing accident on its fourth flight.
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