Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Space plane for the military – Republic

Source: Press materials

The unmanned vehicle is to have the possibility of ten flights in ten days. The cost of one start is not more than $ 5 million – says Piotr Kościelniak.

The company Northrop Grumman presented the plans that have a military space plane reusable XS-1.

Over the experimental vehicles are also working two other companies – Boeing and Masten Space Systems. For the preparation of the first phase projects received less than $ 4 million. Principal is an American military Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA Defense.

The main task of the creators of the XS-1 is to minimize the cost of elevation of cargo into orbit. Vehicle at each startup will be able to take from 1300 to 2200 kg.

The first planned start XS-1 is planned for 2018 years.

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