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VTOVL orbital launch vehicle. Year: 1977. Family: VTOVL. Country: USA. Status: Design 1977. In 1977 Boeing produced a vehicle design for a 227 tonne payload vertical takeoff launch vehicle to be used to launch components for the huge Satellite Solar Power platforms that NASA was promoting at the time. The booster would launch from the edge of a water-filled man-made lagoon and recover in the lagoon and used a water-cooled heat shield for reentry. Manufacturer: Boeing. LEO Payload: 227,000 kg (500,000 lb).
Bibliography and Further Reading - Hudson, Gary C, History of the Phoenix VTOL SSTO and Recent Developments in Single-Stage Launch Systems, AAS 91-643, included in Proceedings of 5th ISCOPS, AAS Vol. 77, pp 329-351, November 1991.
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