AIRCRAFT PROGRAM

Dassault VORTEX

Lift type	Fixed wing
Construction type	Factory-built
Control type	Piloted
Engine type
Application	Cargo, Experimental, Utility
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VORTEX: Véhicule Orbital Réutilisable de Transport et d’Exploration, reusable spaceplane program that lands and manoeuvres in space like an aircraft, for advancing space operations and commercial/science/military missions. Includes subscale VORTEX-D (flight demonstrator, 1:3 scale), and VORTEX-S (smart free flyer, 2:3 scale) variants, and full-scale VORTEX-C (cargo), and VORTEX-M (manned) variants. In development.

Type variants

Variant	Launch/First flight	Production end
Dassault VORTEX-D	/		Reusable spaceplane technology demonstrator, will use Rocket Lab Electron as launch vehicle.
Dassault VORTEX-S	/		Larger variant with service module.

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Dassault Aviation

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Other aircraft programs: Dassault Rafale, Dassault nEUROn, Dassault 7X, Dassault 900LX, Dassault 2000 series, Dassault 8X, Dassault 6X, Dassault Falcon 10X, Dassault / ISAE Group Euroglider

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