Single-stage-to-orbit
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A single-stage-to-orbit vehicle reaches orbit from the surface of a body using only propellants and fluids and without expending tanks, engines, or other major hardware. The term usually, but not excl
The VentureStar was a proposed SSTO spaceplane.
ROMBUS concept art
The maiden flight of the DC-X
Comparison of growth factor sensitivity for Single-Stage-to-Orbit (SSTO) and restricted stage Two-Stage-to-Orbit (TSTO) vehicles. Based on a LEO mission of Delta v = 9.1 km/s and payload mass = 4500 kg for range of propellant Isp.
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
Single-stage-to-orbit
…orbit or the International Space Station, reducing the main projected advantage of the SSTO concept. Notable single stage to orbit concepts include Skylon, which used the hybrid-cycle SABRE engine that can use oxygen from the atmosphere when it is at low altitude, and then use onboard liquid oxygen after…
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.