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| 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.
| Variant | Launch/First flight | Production end | |
| Dassault VORTEX-D | / | Reusable spaceplane technology demonstrator, will use Rocket Lab Electron as launch vehicle. |
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