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05-26-2017, 04:03 PM
DARPA reveals design of its space plane for faster, cheaper satellite launches
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Launching satellites into orbit could get a lot cheaper thanks to an experimental space plane.*
SEE ALSO: NASA's new space fabric looks like chain mail and can protect astronauts (http://mashable.com/2017/04/26/nasa-jpl-space-fabric/)
This week, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) revealed the design for the XS-1, which is set to be built by Boeing. The hypersonic aircraft would launch vertically, deploy a second stage to carry a satellite into orbit, and then land like a **rmal airplane.*
Although the aircraft is still in the concept phase, DARPA believes the final result will be a vehicle that will provide "short-**tice, low-cost access to space" for both military and commercial use. Initial tests of the XS-1 tech**logy will attempt 10 flights over the course of 10 days with the ultimate goal being routine low-Earth orbit flights for around $5 million or less per launch. (Currently, it costs SpaceX about $62 million (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-spacex-launch-20170329-story.html) to launch its Falcon 9 rocket into orbit.) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/25/darpa-space-plane/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Launching satellites into orbit could get a lot cheaper thanks to an experimental space plane.*
SEE ALSO: NASA's new space fabric looks like chain mail and can protect astronauts (http://mashable.com/2017/04/26/nasa-jpl-space-fabric/)
This week, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) revealed the design for the XS-1, which is set to be built by Boeing. The hypersonic aircraft would launch vertically, deploy a second stage to carry a satellite into orbit, and then land like a **rmal airplane.*
Although the aircraft is still in the concept phase, DARPA believes the final result will be a vehicle that will provide "short-**tice, low-cost access to space" for both military and commercial use. Initial tests of the XS-1 tech**logy will attempt 10 flights over the course of 10 days with the ultimate goal being routine low-Earth orbit flights for around $5 million or less per launch. (Currently, it costs SpaceX about $62 million (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-spacex-launch-20170329-story.html) to launch its Falcon 9 rocket into orbit.) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/25/darpa-space-plane/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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