SABRE (rocket engine)
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SABRE was a concept under development by Reaction Engines Limited for a hypersonic precooled hybrid air-breathing rocket engine. The engine was designed to achieve single-stage-to-orbit capability, pr
A version of the SABRE engine designed in the 1990s
Skylon (spacecraft)
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Skylon was a series of concept designs for a reusable single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane by the British company Reaction Engines Limited, using SABRE, a combined-cycle, air-breathing rocket propulsion s
SABRE (rocket engine)
…hypersonic precooled hybrid air-breathing rocket engine. The engine was designed to achieve single-stage-to-orbit capability, propelling the proposed Skylon spaceplane to low Earth orbit. SABRE was an evolution of Alan Bond's series of LACE-like designs that started in the early/mid-1980s for the HOTOL…
Artist's concept of a Skylon reaching orbit.
The Skylon was developed from the British HOTOL project.
A computer-generated image of the Skylon spaceplane climbing to orbit.
The precooler rig that tested the heat exchange system of the SABRE engine.