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Las Cruces-based company Arca says its Single Stage to Orbit (SSTO) rocket dubbed 'Haas 2CA' will be able to launch 100 kg (220lbs) of payload to low Earth orbit – and could get there in less than five minutes.
The system will perform a series of ground tests that will ultimately qualify the engine for flight, the company said.
After ground tests, the engine will be integrated into the Demonstrator 3 rocket that will perform a suborbital space flight up to an altitude of 120 km (75 miles) above the New Mexico desert.
The engine, with a sea level thrust of 4.2 tons, uses hydrogen peroxide 70 per cent as monopropellant.
Despite low energy propellant, the rocket is able to reach space due to the use of an extremely lightweight tank and high efficiency aerospike engine.
The results of the ground and test flight will be used by ARCA for the Haas 2CA Single Stage to Orbit rocket that is scheduled to be launched in 2018 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
The Haas 2CA will eventually launch 3,000 nano and micro satellites weighing between 1- 50kg (2 - 110lbs) between 2016 - 2022, the company says.
Unlike typical, multi-stage systems, the design means the rocket won't have any additional stages to shed during its deployment.
Instead, it has just one stage that is 'fueled by hydrogen peroxide and kerosene.'
According to Arca, it can auto adapt to the altitude pressure drop, allowing the use of up to 30 per cent less fuel.
This is made possible by the Haas 2CA's 'Executor' engine – a linear aerospike engine.
'An aerospike engine exhaust jet ideally expands from sea level up to space, ensuring superior efficiency at all flight levels,' the firm explains.
http://www.arcaspace.com/
The system will perform a series of ground tests that will ultimately qualify the engine for flight, the company said.
After ground tests, the engine will be integrated into the Demonstrator 3 rocket that will perform a suborbital space flight up to an altitude of 120 km (75 miles) above the New Mexico desert.
The engine, with a sea level thrust of 4.2 tons, uses hydrogen peroxide 70 per cent as monopropellant.
Despite low energy propellant, the rocket is able to reach space due to the use of an extremely lightweight tank and high efficiency aerospike engine.
The results of the ground and test flight will be used by ARCA for the Haas 2CA Single Stage to Orbit rocket that is scheduled to be launched in 2018 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
The Haas 2CA will eventually launch 3,000 nano and micro satellites weighing between 1- 50kg (2 - 110lbs) between 2016 - 2022, the company says.
Unlike typical, multi-stage systems, the design means the rocket won't have any additional stages to shed during its deployment.
Instead, it has just one stage that is 'fueled by hydrogen peroxide and kerosene.'
According to Arca, it can auto adapt to the altitude pressure drop, allowing the use of up to 30 per cent less fuel.
This is made possible by the Haas 2CA's 'Executor' engine – a linear aerospike engine.
'An aerospike engine exhaust jet ideally expands from sea level up to space, ensuring superior efficiency at all flight levels,' the firm explains.
http://www.arcaspace.com/
