Payload LEO
100 kg
Payload SSO
75 kg
Assessment
Balloon-launched orbital small-satellite launcher (rockoon). Manufacturer figures: payload up to 100 kg at altitudes up to 600 km, and 75 kg to a 600 km SSO orbit; an earlier 2016 design study quoted 140 kg to 200 km. So far one suborbital prototype test (2017), still in development.
Technical data
Liftoff mass5.1 t
Liftoff thrust104 kN
Stages3
PropellantLOX/methane
ReusabilityFully reusable
First flight2017
Lead time–
Provider launch sites
Aeropuerto de León (Virgen del Camino)El Arenosillo (INTA/CEDEA) / Gulf of CádizEurope's Stratoport (ATLAS Flight & Test Center) – Villacarrillo
Price
Price on requestPrices shown are the providers' official figures and are always non-binding – only the individual quote is binding.