Showing 16 programs: Rocket engine
| Program | Manufacturer |
|---|---|
| ATRX Space Plane | ATRX |
| Approx. Mach 5 spaceplane, unmanned and manned variants planned. Concept design. | |
| Blue Origin New Glenn | Blue Origin |
| Family of two-stage heavy-lift launch vehicles with reusable first stage (capable of 25 flights) whereby post lift-off and seperation, the first stage autonomously descends to a landing platform leaving the second stage engines to ignite and propel the payload into space, then the fairing separates and the payload is delivered into orbit. | |
| Boeing X-37 | Boeing Defense, Space & Security |
| Low-earth orbit, unmanned, reusable spacecraft used to demonstrate reusable space advancements, requires launch vehicle to exit atmosphere then can re-enter and land as a spaceplane (upon re-entry, vehicle is capable of Mach 25). DARPA involvement reflects potential military applications. | |
| ESA Invictus | European Space Agency (ESA) |
| Reusable, hypersonic, hydrogen-fuelled, research spaceplane, capable of flying at Mach 5, and builds on technology developed through Reaction Engines' SABRE engine (Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine). In development, lead by European Space Agency (ESA) and Frazer-Nash. | |
| NFA Intercontinental Rocketliner | New Frontier Aerospace (NFA) |
| Hypersonic (Mach 8) VTOL, capable of running on Liquid Natural Gas. In development. | |
| Rocket Lab Electron / HASTE | Rocket Lab |
| Family of two-stage orbital launch vehicles with modified third Kick Stage for precise payload delivery, features nine Rutherford engines on first stage, single vacuum Rutherford for second stage. | |
| Rocket Lab Neutron | Rocket Lab |
| Reusable medium-lift two-stage launch vehicle featuring nine Archimedes engines for first stage, one for second stage, and “Hungry Hippo” fairing meaning there is no separation between stages, instead the fairing opens like a clamshell to deploy the second stage from within the first stage and then closes for atmospheric reentry back to Earth. In development. | |
| Sierra Space Dream Chaser | Sierra Space |
| Suborbital, multi-mission spacecraft with lifting-body design created to transport crew (piloted, variant designated DC-200) and cargo (autonomous, variant designated DC-100 with Shooting Star cargo module - capable of transporting 6+ tons of pressurised and unpressurised cargo) to low-Earth orbit (LEO) destinations including the International Space Station. Formerly known as Sierra Nevada Corporation SNC Dream Chaser. | |
| Stratolaunch Talon-A | Stratolaunch Systems Inc. |
| Resuasable hypersonic aircraft able to launch autonomously or from Stratolaunch’s carrier aircraft. | |
| Venus Aerospace Stargazer | Venus Aerospace |
| Mach 9 hypersonic spaceplane, capable of one-hour global travel. Includes drone variant. In development. | |