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Orbspace (http://www.orbspace.com/) is an Austrian company developing the Infinity suborbital RLV for manned and unmanned flights. Some details on Infinity:
[quote author=http://www.orbspace.com/infinity/infinity.html]
About
Infinity is the name for a project to develop a sub-orbital reusable rocket vehicle which is capable to fly to an altitude of 200 km and return safely to Earth.
Rocket Vehicle
Infinity takes off and lands vertically and will be able to fly about once per day. It has a length of about 9 m and a diameter of about 2.5 m, this is about the size of a tank road-truck. The take-off mass is 13 tons.
The propulsion system of Infinity is a cluster of liquid rocket engines which use liquid methane and liquid oxygen as propellants.
Market - Manned and Unmanned
Vehicle can carry either an unmanned payload module or a manned capsule with three passengers to an altitude of 200 km. That results in a duration of micro-gravity of more than 5 minutes.
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There is also a three stage launch variant for nano-sats:
[quote author=http://www.orbspace.com/internal-and-collaborative-studies/aldebaran-2.html]
Orbspace proposes a three stage launch vehicle based on Infinityand named Infinity nano. The capsule of Infinity is replaced by two expendable upper stages.
A payload capacity of 30 kg to a 800 km polar orbit is obtained.
The booster stage of Infinity remains entirely reusable and is completely identical with the suborbital manned vehicle - a key factor to obtain low cost.
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A bit more company info:
[quote author=http://www.orbspace.com/about-orbspace/at-a-glance-2.html]
Orbspace is an Austria research start-up company in the field of aeronautic and space transportation. It was founded in 2006 by Aron Lentsch with the help of seven aerospace engineers and experts from various European origins.
The company's main competences are in aerospace engineering such as launch vehicle system design, rocket propulsion, numerical fluid mechanics and multidisciplinary design optimization. Other competences include space law, aerospace medicine and project management.
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[quote author=http://www.orbspace.com/infinity/infinity.html]
About
Infinity is the name for a project to develop a sub-orbital reusable rocket vehicle which is capable to fly to an altitude of 200 km and return safely to Earth.
Rocket Vehicle
Infinity takes off and lands vertically and will be able to fly about once per day. It has a length of about 9 m and a diameter of about 2.5 m, this is about the size of a tank road-truck. The take-off mass is 13 tons.
The propulsion system of Infinity is a cluster of liquid rocket engines which use liquid methane and liquid oxygen as propellants.
Market - Manned and Unmanned
Vehicle can carry either an unmanned payload module or a manned capsule with three passengers to an altitude of 200 km. That results in a duration of micro-gravity of more than 5 minutes.
[/quote]
There is also a three stage launch variant for nano-sats:
[quote author=http://www.orbspace.com/internal-and-collaborative-studies/aldebaran-2.html]
Orbspace proposes a three stage launch vehicle based on Infinityand named Infinity nano. The capsule of Infinity is replaced by two expendable upper stages.
A payload capacity of 30 kg to a 800 km polar orbit is obtained.
The booster stage of Infinity remains entirely reusable and is completely identical with the suborbital manned vehicle - a key factor to obtain low cost.
[/quote]
A bit more company info:
[quote author=http://www.orbspace.com/about-orbspace/at-a-glance-2.html]
Orbspace is an Austria research start-up company in the field of aeronautic and space transportation. It was founded in 2006 by Aron Lentsch with the help of seven aerospace engineers and experts from various European origins.
The company's main competences are in aerospace engineering such as launch vehicle system design, rocket propulsion, numerical fluid mechanics and multidisciplinary design optimization. Other competences include space law, aerospace medicine and project management.
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