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Black Horse Profile

Class: Manned. Type: Spaceplane. Destination: Maximum Payload Orbit. Nation: USA.

Winged, single stage to orbit launch vehicle using aerial refueling and lower performance, non-cryogenic propellants. Takes off from runway at 22,000 kg gross weight; rendezvous with tanker to load 66,760 kg oxidizer; then flies to orbit.

Crew Size: 1. Length: 69.00 m (226.00 ft). Maximum Diameter: 6.30 m (20.60 ft). Mass: 84,100 kg (185,400 lb). Main Engine Thrust: 443.191 kN (99,633 lbf).

Bibliography:

Zubrin, Robert M, and Clapp, Mitchell B, Black Horse Web Site, "Black Horse: One Stop to Orbit", Web Address when accessed: http://www.im.lcs.mit.edu/bh/analog.html.

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