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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.

LEO Payload: 450 kg (990 lb). to: 200 km Orbit. Associated Spacecraft: Black Horse. Liftoff Thrust: 443.190 kN (99,633 lbf). Total Mass: 84,100 kg (185,400 lb). Core Diameter: 6.30 m (20.60 ft). Total Length: 69.00 m (226.00 ft).

• Stage Number: 1. 1 x Stage: Black Horse. Gross Mass: 83,560 kg (184,210 lb). Empty Mass: 6,883 kg (15,174 lb). Thrust (vac): 443.191 kN (99,633 lbf). Isp: 335 sec. Burn time: 560 sec. Diameter: 6.30 m (20.60 ft). Span: 39.50 m (129.50 ft). Length: 57.50 m (188.60 ft). Propellants: H2O2/Kerosene. No Engines: 7. Engine: JP-5/H2O2. Status: Study 1993. Winged, single stage to orbit launch vehicle using aerial refueling and lower performance, non-cryogenic propellants. Takes off from runway at 48,452 lbs gross weight; rendezvous with tanker to load 146,870 lbs oxidizer; then flies to orbit.

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