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North American X-15

retiredReusable
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
15.47 m
Diameter
6.61 m
Mass
15,195,000 kg
Stages
1
First flight
1959-06-08
Total launches
13
Success / Fail
12 / 1

The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft.

Payloads it launched · 1

SECOR 5 (EGRS 5)
MEO