Skylon was a series of concept designs for a reusable single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane by the British company Reaction Engines Limited (Reaction), using SABRE, a combined-cycle, air-breathing rocket propulsion system.

2023年12月17日 · Skylon, like most conceived SSTO vehicles, has a high lift-to-drag ratio. This high lift-to-drag ratio is what causes Skylon to have its peak heating at a high atmosphere. As a result, Skylon has a lower peak heat, but experiences a longer re-entry time.

2024年11月12日 · Skylon is a British design for an unmanned Single Stage to Orbit (SSTO) spaceplane designed to reach Earth orbit where it would deploy and retrieve satellites. It was intended to be...

The SKYLON spaceplane is designed as a single stage to orbit vehicle capable of lifting 15 mT to LEO from a 5.5 km runway and returning to land at the same location.

2023年4月25日 · Finally, many people following Reaction Engines' progress will be curious about the current status of its SABRE-powered Skylon SSTO (single-stage-to-orbit) spaceplane, which promises reusable, low-cost access to space.

2022年9月4日 · Skylon will harness the power of two Sabre engines to travel to and from space. A ceramic shell protects it from the forces of re-entry. The guiding vision is to create a reusable single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) vehicle that will significantly reduce the cost of space travel.

This paper discusses the relevant selection criteria for a single stage to orbit (SSTO) propulsion system and then reviews the characteristics of the typical engine types proposed for this role against these criteria.

SKYLON is a single stage to orbit (SSTO) winged spaceplane designed to give routine low cost access to space. At a gross takeoff weight of 275 tonnes of which 220 tonnes is propellant the vehicle is capable of placing 12 tonnes into an equatorial low Earth orbit.

The Aerospaceplane program (1958–1964) was initiated to develop a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) aerospace plane powered by an air-breathing engine. Numerous launch configurations were investigated.

2009年2月20日 · Their company, Reaction Engines, Ltd., set out to develop an SSTO space plane called Skylon. The ambitious design is based on a novel hybrid jet–rocket engine concept that just may provide the...