Sierra Space Dream Chaser

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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.

Photo: Sierra Space

Lift type

Fixed wing

Construction

Factory-built

Control

Piloted, Autonomous

Engine type

Rocket

Application

Cargo, Passenger small, Utility

Design & construction

Primary structure

Composite

Wing

Composite

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Pressurisation

Pressurised

Flight controls

Full FBW digital

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Wing position

Low

Tail

Tailless

Composite wing (primary structure) Primary Composite fuselage (primary structure) Primary

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
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).

Airframer

Sierra Space

News

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

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