single-stage-to-orbit

  1. overscan (PaulMM)

    Rockwell International Star-Raker

    From Shape of Wars to Come Two different designs. First one is clearly labelled Star Raker.
  2. hesham

    NASA Trailblazer Reference Vehicle

    Hi, http://gltrs.grc.nasa.gov/reports/1999/TM-1999-209185.pdf
    • hesham
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    • nasa single-stage-to-orbit spacecraft spaceplane ssto united states war on terror
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  3. Michel Van

    Douglas ROMBUS

    Philip Bono master piece "Reusable Orbital Module-Booster & Utility Shuttle"from 1964 http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/rombus.htm is SSTO (VTOVL) with payload 450 tons in 185 km Orbit. with a plug nozzle rocket engine design, used also as heat shield during atmospheric reentry. most of LH2 fuel...
    • Michel Van
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    • cold war deep space probes douglas aircraft company douglas aircraft company missile & space division heavy lift vehicle mars moon moonbase nasa single-stage-to-orbit space age space race ssto
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  4. hesham

    Japanese Shuttle, Space Plane & other Projects

    Hi, the Japanese Hope-X is unmanned spaceplane. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2003/2003%20-%201081.html
    • hesham
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    • cold war deep space probes heavy lift vehicle japan mars moon national space development agency of japan (nasda) post-cold war satellite single-stage-to-orbit space age space plane space probes space race space shuttle spaceplane ssto
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  5. K

    McDonnell Aerospace Plane

    According to Paul Czysz, he claimed that McDonnell Aerospace had an aerospace plane that probably first flew in 1963 and entered service in 1964 flying until at least 1979. I was told the plane had a smaller payload than the Space-Shuttle. It to the best of my knowledge was a single-stage to...
    • KJ_Lesnick
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    • 1960s 1970s cold war mcdonnell mcdonnell aerospace mcdonnell aircraft corporation single-stage-to-orbit space age space race ssto united states united states air force usaf
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  6. C

    DARPA's RASCAL (Responsive Access, Small Cargo, Affordable Launch) programme

    Another one for the "project cancelled" bin - the Mach 4 aircraft Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites was designing for Space Launch under DARPA's RASCAL (Responsive Access, Small Cargo, Affordable Launch) programme. The aircraft was called the MIPCC Powered Vehicle (MPV) because the four F100...
    • CammNut
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    • 2000s bae systems darpa defense advanced research projects agency post-cold war scaled composites single-stage-to-orbit ssto united states war on terror
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  7. Archibald

    Aerospaceplane (1958-1963)

    Atempt to make a SSTO with a LACE system. air coming from the intake was pumped in tanks, oxygen was separated from the rest of the air, then went to fuel the engine (burning with hydrogen). First atempt at LACE / ACES long before HOTOL. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerospaceplane I would...
    • Archibald
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    • cold war nasa nuclear power single-stage-to-orbit space age space race spaceplane ssto united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  8. Archibald

    US Lifting Bodies Studies - START (ASSET/PRIME), FDL, X-24, etc.

    The lifting body program was one of the highlight of the NASA in the 60's. Various machines flew (HL-10, X-24, M2F series) This program only consisted of atmospheric tests...well, that's the "offcial" version But there's two mysteries - 1 Aparently, modified HL-10 were send into suborbital...
    • Archibald
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    • cold war nasa single-stage-to-orbit space age space plane space race space weapons ssto united states united states air force variable geometry
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  9. flateric

    BAe HOTOL

    Early HOTOL configuration
    • flateric
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    • 1980s british aerospace plc cold war great britain single-stage-to-orbit space age space race spaceplane ssto
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  10. flateric

    National Aero-Space Plane - NASP - X-30

    Thread to discuss configurations of X-30National Aero-Space Plane [Aero-Space Plane is a correct official writing] from various contractors. General Dynamics proporsal graphics.
    • flateric
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    • 1980s cold war early 1990s nasa single-stage-to-orbit space age space race ssto strategic defense initiative united states air force usaf
    • Replies: 320
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  11. Tuomasn

    Tupolev Tu-2000 & other VKS projects

    A thread for the Tupolev Tu-2000 aerospaceplane and also other VKS contenders. The Tu-2000A (first two pictures) was to be a 70-90 tonnes demonstrator of the actual SSTO spacecraft. The third pic shows a model that was displayed at the 1992 Mosaeroshow. I'm still not certain whether it's meant...
    • Tuomasn
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    • Replies: 56
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
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