Orion Spacecraft/X-42A

Designed as a simple optimization of earlier stealth spaceplanes, the Orion is capable of both stealth and versatility. based off of a canard fighter with a dual tail perfect for stealth, however lacking in speed.
What it lacked in speed, it made up for in stability, and gliding. the aircraft recieved a major upgrade from a J-250 Miniature Afterburning Engine (MAE), to a Mage I-21 Methalox Vacuum (MV) engine. other variants were considered, including a lunar landing variant designed with VTOL capability, and a later variant reverting to a jet engine optimized to burn in Julian atmospheric conditions, although this never got out of the conceptual stage.
This version, the X-37A, was the first variant with the Mage engine. said aircraft was capable of deorbiting, and used an external system (the Argus) to launch it into LEO/LLO. it was used as an optimal final stage of Hermes 8, which launched 3 satellites into low lunar orbit.
As a recon aircraft, it was capable, although it wasn't the best for payload without launching on an Argus Launch System which carries external pods.