X-41 Common Aero Vehicle - All About All

X-41 Common Aero Vehicle

X-41 is the designation for a still-classified U.S. military spaceplane. Specifications or photos of the program have not been released to the public, as a result not much is known about its goals. It has been described as an experimental maneuvering re-entry vehicle capable of transporting a 1,000 lb payload on a suborbital trajectory at hypersonic speeds and releasing that payload into the atmosphere.

External links

• GlobalSecurity.org: X-41 (http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/x-41.htm)
• Spacedaily.com: CAV (http://www.spacedaily.com/news/rocketscience-05l.html)

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Comparable aircraft:

Designation Series: X-38 - X-39 - X-40 - X-41 - X-42 - X-43 - X-44

See also:

• List of experimental aircraft
• X-plane