Advanced Space Access
A Phantom Works team is developing the next advances in small satellite launch vehicles for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Boeing is designing advanced concepts to reduce the cost and improve responsiveness of space access. A Phantom Works team is developing the next advances in small satellite launch vehicles for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The company is designing the Airborne Launch Assist Space Access vehicle and has begun designs for the XS-1 Experimental Spaceplane.
The 24-foot (7.3 meter) ALASA launch vehicle is launched from an F-15E aircraft at an altitude of approximately 40,000 feet.
ALASA uses the same engines for the first and second stages, reducing cost, weight and complexity.
The XS-1 Experimental Spaceplane will feature an autonomous first-stage booster, which will carry up to 5,000-pound payloads.
ALASA is capable of deploying microsatellites or space payloads weighing up to a total of 45 kilograms (100 pounds) to an orbit of 100 nautical miles.
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