Launch Vehicle
North American X-15
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Specifications
- Status
- retired
- Height
- 15.47 m
- Diameter
- 6.61 m
- Mass
- 15,195,000 kg
- Stages
- 1
- Thrust
- 286 kN
- 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 loaded