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AMROC
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The AMROC corporation proposed to develop low-cost hybrid-propulsion orbital launch vehicles in the 1980's. Actual flight hardware did not go beyond a small test vehicle....more.
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Ausroc
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Proposed southern hemisphere launcher....more.
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Beal BA-2
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The Beal Aerospace BA-2 was a privately-financed heavy-lift commercial launch vehicle that used innovative technical solutions to achieve low cost to orbit. It...more.
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Conestoga
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DARPA Falcon
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Lockheed Martin all-hybrid propulsion, mobile orbital launch system that could launch from an unimproved site with limited infrastructure on 24 hours notice, placing up to 840 kilograms into LEO...more.
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Falcon
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Falcon I was a two stage, reusable, liquid oxygen and kerosene powered launch vehicle. A single engine powered the first stage. It was designed for cost-efficient...more.
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Industrial Launch Vehicle
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Low-cost hybrid launch vehicle proposed by AMROC in the 1980's....more.
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Kistler K-1
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The Kistler K-1 was a reusable two-stage launch vehicle developed by a prestigious team of ex-Apollo managers, designed originally for launch of Iridium-class communications...more.
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LCLV
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As a result of TRW's review of the Truax/Aerojet Sea Dragon, TRW became so interested in the concept that they undertook studies of their own, which resulted in...more.
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Liberty
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Private commercial launch vehicle....more.
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Nanosat Launch Vehicle
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Two-stage, reusable, liquid oxygen/ethane propellant launch vehicle using aerospike engine technology and capable of delivering 10 kilograms to a 250-kilometer...more.
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Otrag
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$200 million was spent from 1975-1987 by Lutz Kayer in a serious attempt to develop a low-cost satellite launcher using clusters of mass-produced pressure-fed liquid...more.
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Percheron
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Low cost commercial test vehicle. First test failed and satellite launch project sank for lack of further investors and customers....more.
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Quick Reach
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Family of low-cost space boosters under development by AirLaunch LLC under DARPA and NASA contracts in 2007-2008....more.
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Scorpius
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Family of sounding rockets and launch vehicles based on combining liquid oxygen/kerosene pressure-fed engine modules. Modest government funding and over a decade...more.
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