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Since at least in the early 20th century, single-stage-to-orbit reusable launch vehicles have existed in science fiction. In the 1970s, the first reusable launch vehicle, the Space Shuttle, was developed. However, in the 1990s, due to the program's failure to meet expectations, reusable launch vehicle concepts were reduced to prototype testing.
The Reusable Launch Vehicle Landing Experiment or RLV-LEX was the second test flight in the RLV Technology Demonstration Programme following the Hypersonic Flight Experiment. The demonstration trials will pave the way for the two-stage-to-orbit (TSTO) fully reusable launch vehicle.
Reusable launch vehicle, the general concept of Reusable launch vehicles (to space) Reusable Launch Vehicle program (NASA), a cancelled NASA program that included the X33 experimental craft; RLV-TD, India's Reusable Launch Vehicle - Technology Demonstrator project; Relevium Technologies Inc, Stock Symbol: RLV; Restrained Life Viewer for Second Life
The launch phase was to be achieved by using a 4 km magnetic horizontal track, which was to be purpose-built at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana, that would accelerate the spacecraft up to launch speed. [3] [8] Upon reaching an altitude of 130 km, the vehicle would fire an expendable rocket-powered upper stage to attain orbital speed ...
Doing away with the need for "staging" with launch vehicles, such as with the Shuttle and the Apollo rockets, would lead to an inherently more reliable and safer space launch vehicle. While the X-33 would not approach airplane-like safety, the X-33 would attempt to demonstrate 0.997 reliability, or 3 mishaps out of 1,000 launches, which would ...
RLV TD: GSLV derived ascent vehicle for RLV ORE campaign. [5] [6] [7] Launch Vehicle Mark III (LVM-3) LVM 3 – Operational; Human-rated LVM 3 – Under development; LVM 3 with semi-cryogenic engine – Under development; Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) – Operational; Nano Satellite Launch Vehicle (NSLV) – Under development
The Space Launch Initiative (SLI) was a NASA and U.S. Department of Defense joint research and technology project to determine the requirements to meet all the nation's hypersonics, space launch and space technology needs. It was also known as the "2nd Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) program.".
DragonFly was a prototype test article for a propulsively landed version of the SpaceX Dragon capsule, a suborbital reusable launch vehicle (RLV), intended for low-altitude flight testing. As of May 2014 it was planned to undergo a test program in Texas at the McGregor Rocket Test Facility, during 2014–2015. [32] [105] [needs update]