Earl 2 Spaceplane
Credit: Mark Lindroos
German winged orbital launch vehicle. Later EARL version from 1990. Parallel staging, both stages winged and recoverable. Expendable upper stage for heavy-lift missions.
Status: Study 1990.
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EARL Vertical takoff / horizontal landing two-stage launch vehicle study from the 1980s. More...
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Winged In the beginning, nobody (except Jules Verne) thought anybody would be travelling to space and back in ballistic cannon balls. The only proper way for a space voyager to return to earth was at the controls of a real winged airplane. More...
Associated Manufacturers and Agencies
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ESA European agency overseeing development of rockets and spacecraft. European Space Agency, Europe. More...
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