This report provides technical and business information on U.S. commercial and government reusable launch vehicles (RLVs) and spaceports. The report describes operational vehicles and spaceports as well as efforts currently in development or proposal stages. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (AST) first published this report in 1998. Now in its fourth edition, this publication is similar to its predecessors but contains some important additions and changes. Each individual RLV entry has been updated with the most recent publicly available information on the RLV's financial, technical, testing, and manufacturing situation. Each spaceport entry has been updated with respect to financing and infrastructure investment and upgrades. Other significant changes include a more narrow focus on U.S. RLV concepts and programs; except for those competing for the X PRIZE, international RLV concepts under consideration for development are not discussed in this report. Finally, the section on U.S. government RLV programs only focuses on concepts that are intended for space launch opposed to space flight. The resulting report is a comprehensive overview of the RLV industry in the United States.


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    Title :

    Reusable Launch Vehicles and Spaceports: Programs and Concepts for 2001


    Publication date :

    2001


    Size :

    44 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English