Sierra Space Dream Chaser
Dream Chaser is Sierra Space’s reusable lifting-body spaceplane family. The uncrewed cargo configuration is designed to launch vertically, operate in low Earth orbit with the expendable Shooting Star cargo module, and return payloads through a low-g runway landing; NASA identifies a combination of 26 reaction-control-system thrusters used to commit the spacecraft to deorbit, while Sierra Space describes the cargo spaceplane’s internally developed thrusters as three-thrust-mode units for in-space maneuvering. The first orbital vehicle, Tenacity, remains in preflight preparation.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Dream Chaser spaceplaneDream Chaser Cargo System
- Family Name
- Dream Chaser
- Full Name
- Sierra Space Dream Chaser
- Roles
- cargo
- Status
- development
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Dream Chaser is Sierra Space’s reusable lifting-body spaceplane family. The uncrewed cargo configuration is designed to launch vertically, operate in low Earth orbit with the expendable Shooting Star cargo module, and return payloads through a low-g runway landing; NASA identifies a combination of 26 reaction-control-system thrusters used to commit the spacecraft to deorbit, while Sierra Space describes the cargo spaceplane’s internally developed thrusters as three-thrust-mode units for in-space maneuvering. The first orbital vehicle, Tenacity, remains in preflight preparation.
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- spacecraft
- Propulsion System
- Role
- maneuvering
- Stage
- spacecraft
- Variant Notes
- One integrated Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft reaction-control system; NASA's 26-thruster figure describes internal composition, not 26 linked identities.
- Name
- Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft RCS installation
- Notes
- NASA identifies a combination of 26 Dream Chaser reaction-control-system thrusters, including those used to commit the spacecraft to deorbit. Sierra Space describes the cargo spaceplane's internally developed thrusters as having three thrust modes. The relationship uses count 1 for the integrated Dream Chaser spacecraft RCS boundary; the 26 internal thrusters are not separate resource entries, and Shooting Star module propulsion is excluded.
- Spacecraft Specs
- Reusability
- partially_reusable
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Chaser
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- April 26, 2026 at 15:30:34 UTC
- Updated Time
- September 7, 2026 at 23:37:30 UTC
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