Phoenix M
Launch vehicle · USA
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Credit: Gary Hudson
American SSTO VTOVL orbital launch vehicle. Intermediate versions of the Phoenix concept were sketched out in the mid-1980's. These more conservative vehicles used individual altitude-compensating bell nozzles rather than the aeroplug baseline. Composite materials were to be used in the aeroshell and, possibly, in the propellant tankage.
Related
- Family
- orbital launch vehicle, SSTO
- Country
- USA