
Skylon (spacecraft) - Wikipedia
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 …
The SKYLON spaceplane is designed as a single stage to orbit vehicle capable of lifting 15 mT to LEO from a 5.5 km runway and returning to land at the same location. It is powered by a …
Skylon - Airport Technology
Skylon is an unmanned reusable cargo spacecraft being designed by UK-based Reaction Engines (REL) for the UK Space Agency (UKSA). The remotely controlled spaceplane will be derived …
US Military Set to Unveil Concepts Based on Skylon Space Plane …
2016年3月3日 · The British company Reaction Engines Ltd. hopes to manufacture Skylon, a runway-to-orbit space plane using hybrid air-breathing rocket engines. See how Skylon works …
Skylon - Encyclopedia Astronautica
Skylon was an aircraft-like vehicle 82m long with a delta wing mounted mid fuselage carrying wing tip mounted engines. A swept all-moving aft fin provided yaw control, a delta foreplane …
(PDF) Progress on SKYLON and SABRE - ResearchGate
2013年1月1日 · SKYLON is a reusable single stage to orbit spaceplane that can take off from a runway reach a 300 km altitude low earth orbit with a payload of 15 tonnes and then return to …
Spaceplane developer Reaction Engines goes bankrupt
2024年11月10日 · The company proposed using SABRE on a spaceplane called Skylon, a single-stage vehicle that could carry 17 tons to low Earth orbit. Work on Skylon did not advance …
engine (TBCC), which is designed either with a turbine or turbo-ramjet engine (for example, the PW-J58 engine) plus a dual-mode ramjet (or ramjet-scramjet) engine. Ideally, a dual-mode …
Futuristic British Space Plane Engine Set for 2020 Test | Space
2013年7月18日 · Two Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engines (SABRE) will power the Skylon space plane — a privately funded, single-stage-to-orbit concept vehicle that is 276 feet (84 …
Skylon: ready for takeoff? - The Space Review
2011年6月13日 · At the heart of Skylon is its engine, called the Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine, or SABRE. Housed in curved nacelles on the tips of stubby wings, the twin SABRE …