rocket plane

noun

: an airplane propelled by rockets

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Ambitious short film chronicles daring flight of X-15 rocket plane test pilot (video) Going to SXSW 2025? Jeff Spry, Space.com, 8 Mar. 2025 These lower operating expenses are tied to Virgin Galactic's decision to suspend operations of its VSS Unity suborbital rocket plane last year to focus investment into a new series of suborbital spacecraft known as Delta-class ships. Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025 That means the rocket plane will fly to space just one more time, taking four customers into suborbital space to experience a few minutes of microgravity before coming back to land on a runway. Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2024 The company flew its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane to the edge of space six times in six months, giving a few Virgin Galactic customers a taste of spaceflight after waiting more than a decade. Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for rocket plane

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First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rocket plane was in 1928

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“Rocket plane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rocket%20plane. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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