Rotary Rocket Company was a rocketry company that developed the Roton concept in the late 1990s as a fully reusable single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) crewed...

the Rotary Rocket Roton ATV. July 28, 1999 — First flight of the Rotary Rocket Roton ATV. October 12, 1999 — Third, final and longest flight of Rotary Rocket...

in 2004. In 1844, Hale patented a new form of rotary rocket that improved on the earlier Congreve rocket design. Hale removed the guidestick from the design...

Rotary Rocket – CompanyPages displaying short descriptions with no spaces Sabre – Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine - a hybrid ramjet and rocket...

creation. Anderson also invested in a number of space ventures including Rotary Rocket, a company that attempted to develop a reusable, single-stage launch...

the Netherlands. XCOR was formed in 1999 by former members of the Rotary Rocket rocket engine development team, and ceased operations in 2017. By 2015,...

of Rotary Rocket Company, which in spending ~$30 Million attempted to build a unique single stage to orbit launch vehicle known as the Roton. Rotary Rocket...

Ansari X PRIZE for the first private crewed spaceflight. This experimental rocket-powered spacecraft was given the name SpaceShipOne. On December 17, 2003...

failed to fly) Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig (vertically mounted jet) Rotary Rocket Roton (rotating annular aerospike rotor) Ryan X-13 Vertijet (tailsitter)...

Composites for Stratolaunch Systems to carry air-launch-to-orbit (ALTO) rockets, and subsequently repurposed to offer air launch hypersonic flight testing...

in 1988. Binnie also copiloted the Atmospheric Test Vehicle of the Rotary Rocket. In 2006, he received an honorary degree from the University of Aberdeen...

spaceflight and his US$1 million investment in the launch vehicle company Rotary Rocket, Clancy was interviewed in 2007 for the documentary film Orphans of...

(uncrewed) Vantage Rocketcraft (as subcontractor) McDonnell Douglas DC-X Rotary Rocket Spaceflight program Model numbers 1 27 28 31 32 33 35 40 49 54 58 59...

000 ft (14.0 km) and a speed of 120 knots (62 m/s). After ten seconds the rocket was lit, for a 55 second burn. At burn-out the altitude was 150,000 ft (45...

glided for 6 s, then went into nose-up attitude and the rocket motor was ignited. The rocket motor was capable of burning for approximately 87 s, having...

SpaceShipOne separated from White Knight at 07:49, and promptly ignited its rocket. The rocket motor was capable of burning for approximately 87 s. The burn-out...

Basic. In 1998, Chapman was Chief Scientist of Rotary Rocket of San Mateo, California. Rotary Rocket built and flew atmospheric tests of the Roton, a...

conversion powerplants. EZ-rocket XCOR Aerospace modified a Long-EZ and replaced the engine with twin liquid-fueled rocket engines to form a flight test...

project has not been continued since.[citation needed] From 1999 to 2001 Rotary Rocket attempted to build a SSTO vehicle called the Roton. It received a large...

delayed by about two minutes to evaluate a shock-induced stall buffet. The rocket was lit at an altitude of 38,300 feet (11.7 km) for a 40-second burn. At...

other German concept craft. However, some early design studies for the Rotary Rocket Roton spacecraft in the 1990s showed a free-spinning rotor with tip-driven...

(uncrewed) Vantage Rocketcraft (as subcontractor) McDonnell Douglas DC-X Rotary Rocket Spaceflight program Model numbers 1 27 28 31 32 33 35 40 49 54 58 59...

(uncrewed) Vantage Rocketcraft (as subcontractor) McDonnell Douglas DC-X Rotary Rocket Spaceflight program Model numbers 1 27 28 31 32 33 35 40 49 54 58 59...

(uncrewed) Vantage Rocketcraft (as subcontractor) McDonnell Douglas DC-X Rotary Rocket Spaceflight program Model numbers 1 27 28 31 32 33 35 40 49 54 58 59...

(uncrewed) Vantage Rocketcraft (as subcontractor) McDonnell Douglas DC-X Rotary Rocket Spaceflight program Model numbers 1 27 28 31 32 33 35 40 49 54 58 59...

(uncrewed) Vantage Rocketcraft (as subcontractor) McDonnell Douglas DC-X Rotary Rocket Spaceflight program Model numbers 1 27 28 31 32 33 35 40 49 54 58 59...

(uncrewed) Vantage Rocketcraft (as subcontractor) McDonnell Douglas DC-X Rotary Rocket Spaceflight program Model numbers 1 27 28 31 32 33 35 40 49 54 58 59...

Stephensons' Rocket. York: National Railway Museum/Science Museum. ISBN 978-1-900747-49-3. Bailey; Glithero (2000: 35–37) Douglas Self. "Cochrane's Rotary Steam...

October 2014). "Blazing a Trail: SpaceShipOne and the Ansari X Prize". Rocket STEM. Knut Samset (2012). Beforehand and Long Thereafter. Ex Ante. p. 121...

Demonstrator 2B rocket on September 9, 2004, at Cape Midia Air Force Base in Romania. It was the first flight of a reusable monopropellant rocket. The da Vinci...