STC vehicles Space Transport Corporation
1 stc vehicles
1.1 spartan
1.2 nano-satellite orbital launch vehicle
1.3 rubicon i
1.4 rubicon ii
stc vehicles
spartan
the spartan 3 stage rocket vehicle intended carry payloads of 1 5 kg suborbit. rocket tested 80 km, , commercial launches planned 2005.
nano-satellite orbital launch vehicle
the nano-satellite orbital launch vehicle, or n-solv, vehicle designed carry 10 kg payload orbit. corporation planned sell launch service under million united states dollars. vehicle s intended payload nano-satellites.
rubicon i
rubicon test vehicle designed carry 270 kg (or 3 people) 100 km under $200,000. vehicle destroyed in august 2004 during launch test due propellant formulation error. rubicon i, launched space transport corporation of forks, washington, other ansari x prize entrant launch during entire duration of prize exception of paul allen , burt rutan s winning spaceshipone. abc nightline featured both rubicon developers , spaceshipone s winning team in 2004 presentation of ansari x prize.
rubicon ii
the rubicon ii replacement rubicon i. design identical rubicon i, except few error fixes. of november 22, 2004, work on rubicon ii had ceased in favor of spartan.
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