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.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 286 kN
- Height
- 15.47 m
- Diameter
- 6.61 m
- Launch mass
- 15,195 t
- Stages
- 1
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- —
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
13
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
92.3%
12 of 13
Current success streak
1
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
- X-15 | Flight 197 — Success
- X-15 | Flight 191 — Failure
- X-15 | Flight 190 — Success
- X-15 | Flight 174 — Success
- X-15 | Flight 153 — Success