This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Galactic 1 (talk | contribs) at 23:35, 27 March 2008 (←Created page with 'The Lynx rocketplane is being developed by the California-based company XCOR to compete in the future suborbital space flight market. The Lynx ...'). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 23:35, 27 March 2008 by Galactic 1 (talk | contribs) (←Created page with 'The Lynx rocketplane is being developed by the California-based company XCOR to compete in the future suborbital space flight market. The Lynx ...')(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Lynx rocketplane is being developed by the California-based company XCOR to compete in the future suborbital space flight market. The Lynx will carry one pilot and a ticketed passenger above 60km.
Operations: XCOR claims the Lynx will operate several times a day, and will also have the capacity to deliver payloads into space. The Lynx is expected to be flying by 2010. The Lynx will fly initially from the Mojave Air and Spaceport in California.
Competition: This rocketplane will compete with Virgin Galactic's Spaceship2 and the EADS Astrium. The Lynx has a different business model to these other planes, as it hopes to reduce cost by reducing the maximum altitude experienced by the rocket plane. While the other planes will fly to at least 100 km, the Lynx will only make it to 60km. This approach requires less fuel, but still provides weightlessness and a black sky. XCOR hopes that its approach can substantially reduce that price.