The Potential For Agile Launch: Industry Touting Flexible Vehicle Models to Better Secure Space Assets
Stratolaunch's Stratolaunch launch vehicle, built by Scaled Composites, is the worlds largest aircraft. (source: Stratolaunch)
Virgin Orbit's Cosmic Girl will carry LauncherOne to an altitude of approximately 35,000 feet before release for its rocket-powered flight to orbit. (source: Virgin Orbit)
Boeing and the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are collaborating to design, build and test a technology demonstration vehicle for the agency’s Experimental Spaceplane program to provide rapid access to space. (source: Boeing)
Blue Origin's reusable booster returns for landing from New Sheppard Mission 7. (source: Blue Origin)
August 27, 2018 | Source: National Defense Magazine, nationaldefensemagazine.org, 2 July 2018, Vivienne Machi
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