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Class: Manned. Type: Spaceplane. Destination: Maximum Payload Orbit. Nation: UK. Manufacturer: Bristol Spaceplanes.

Six passenger orbiter portion of a two-stage vehicle proposed by David Ashford of Bristol Spaceplanes Ltd. in the 1980`s / 1990's. It would serve as the prototype for the even more ambitious Spacebus.

The Bristol Spaceplanes Spacecab was a Two Stage To Orbit (TSTO) Manned Spaceplane, with an airbreathing supersonic / hypersonic, delta winged first stage and a second stage powered by a liquid fuelled rocket engine. The Concorde-sized spacecraft would deliver a payload of 6 persons to low Earth orbit.

Crew Size: 6. Length: 64.90 m (212.90 ft). Maximum Diameter: 28.00 m (91.00 ft). Associated Launch Vehicle: Spacecab.


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