03 April 2019
LinkSpace successfully launches reusable rocket prototype
... to SpaceX and it has just launched its own reusable rocket prototype called NewLine Baby. NewLine Baby, or RLV-T5 as it is officially known, is 8.1 metres high, weighs 1.5 tons and uses five liquid rocket engines in parallel to get it off...
November 2017
Reusable air-launch and the space access paradigm
... not be an issue if we assume more than one flight to perform each comsat launch. Figure 4. Subsonic air-launched RLV – performance & growth potential. Figure 5 illustrates an operational scenario that would enable the launch of a standard GEO comsat...
July 2014
The hypersonic grail: advances at DARPA, AFRL and beyond
...’s impression of the Zehst (zero emission hypersonic transportation) Boeing Hypersonic Space and Global Transportation System TSTO RLV concept Hypersonics technology such as air-breathing engines employed on two-stage horizontal take-off and landing...
August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
... (ISRO) successfully tested a prototype of a reusable space shuttle on 23 May 2016. The Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD), which is about six times smaller than the final planned space shuttle, spent a little less than...
November 2019
The economic promise of space
... a third vertical takeoff and vertical landing test of a rocket in August, taking a step further in the development of its RLV-T5 recyclable orbital rocket. One can only hope that invigorated funding for NASA by the Trump administration...
05 April 2016
XCOR Aerospace Welcomes New Board Members
... experienced industry leaders to our Board clearly reflects the transformation XCOR is currently undergoing. With the Lynx i-RLV (Instantly Reusable Launch Vehicle) project coming closer to completion, XCOR is turning from a company of inventors into...
