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Sierra Space Dream Chaser

Photo: Sierra Space

Lift type	Fixed wing
Construction type	Factory-built
Control type	Piloted, Autonomous
Engine type	Rocket
Application	Cargo, Passenger small, Utility
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Suborbital, multi-mission spacecraft with lifting-body design created to transport crew (piloted, variant designated DC-200) and cargo (autonomous, variant designated DC-100 with Shooting Star cargo module - capable of transporting 6+ tons of pressurised and unpressurised cargo) to low-Earth orbit (LEO) destinations including the International Space Station. Formerly known as Sierra Nevada Corporation SNC Dream Chaser.

Type variants

Variant	Launch/First flight	Production end
Sierra Space Dream Chaser	2020 / 2013		Re-usable spaceplane (capable of over 15 seperate missions), configured as crewed Dream Chaser Space System (with crew of two-five persons), or uncrewed Dream Chaser Cargo System (initial aircraft known as Tenacity with Shooting Star cargo module).

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Sierra Space

News

Sierra Space is a spin off company of Sierra Nevada Corporation, took over development in 2021.

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