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Alflex Spaceplane
Credit - NASDA
Other Designations: Auto Landing Flight Experiment. Class: Spaceplane. Destination: Suborbital. Nation: Japan.

Unmanned glider to test technology for Japanese HOPE spaceplane. Wing area 9.45 square meters.

Length: 6.11 m (20.03 ft). Maximum Diameter: 1.77 m (5.80 ft). Span: 3.79 m (12.42 ft). Mass: 760 kg (1,670 lb).

Alflex Spaceplane
Credit- NASDA
Alpex Spaceplane
Credit- Akira Sahara
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