The Lockheed Star Clipper was a proposed Earth-to-orbit spaceplane based on a large lifting body spacecraft and a wrap-around drop tank. Originally proposed during a United States Air Force program in 1966, the basic Star Clipper concept lived on during the early years of the NASA Space Shuttle program , and as that project evolved, in a ...

2021年12月31日 · In 1966, the United States Air Force and Lockheed introduced the Star Clipper concept. At the time, it was “an Earth-to-orbit spaceplane based on a large lifting body spacecraft and a wrap-around...

American winged orbital launch vehicle. Lockheed ILRV design created for the USAF in 1966. X-24B lifting body configuration orbiter with linear aerospike engine and wrap-around drop tank. Related to Lockheed Shuttle LS200 proposal. AKA: Starlifter. Status: Study 1966. Payload: 22,700 kg (50,000 lb). Thrust: 22,840.00 kN (5,134,630 lbf).

Lockheed's Star Clipper was a proposed Earth-to-orbit shuttle based around a large lifting body spacecraft and a wrap-around drop tank. Originally proposed during a USAF program in 1966, the basic Star Clipper concept lived on during the early years of …

2016年7月27日 · Unveiled in 1968, the original STAR Clipper was an elegant delta shaped lifting body, sharply swept with upturned fins and powered by five main engines. At launch the bulk of STAR Clipper ’s propellants would be contained in a large V-shaped tank arrangement that flanked the front of the spaceplane.

2022年11月27日 · Lockheed’s Star Clipper was a proposed Earth-to-orbit spaceplane based on a large lifting body spacecraft and a wrap-around drop tank. Originally proposed during a USAF program in 1966…

2022年4月23日 · Star Clipper was the name of a reusable spaceplane design cooked up in the 1960s over at Lockheed, never came to be made.

The Lockheed STAR Clipper was an early concept for a reusable 1.5 STO launch vehicle, a predecessor to the Space Shuttle. The STAR Clipper was described and illustrated in unnecessarily *vast* degree in Aerospace Projects Review issue V3N2 and in …

2023年10月24日 · Lockheed’s Star Clipper was a proposed Earth-to-orbit spaceplane based on a large lifting body spacecraft and a wrap-around drop tank. Originally proposed during a USAF program in 1966, the basic Star Clipper concept lived on during the early years of the NASA Space Shuttle program, and as that project evolved, in a variety of new versions ...

The Lockheed Star Clipper was a proposed Earth-to-orbit spaceplane based on a large lifting body spacecraft and a wrap-around drop tank. Originally proposed during a United States Air Force program in 1966, the basic Star Clipper concept lived on during the early years of the NASA Space Shuttle program, and as that project evolved, in a variety ...