Of the technical factors that would contribute to lowering the cost of space access, reusability has high potential. The primary objective of the GTX program is to determine whether or not air-breathing propulsion can enable reusable single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) operations. The approach is based on maturation of a reference vehicle design with focus on the integration and flight-weight construction of its air-breathing rocket-based combined-cycle (RBCC) propulsion system.


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    Title :

    Air-Breathing Launch Vehicle Technology Being Developed


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    Publication date :

    2003-03-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English