AFRL Responsive Space X-Vehicle Flight Tests On Track For 2023

April 20, 2022
ABL Space Systems aerospike engine design
The sculptured ABL Space Systems aerospike engine design replaces a conventional rocket nozzle at the base of the company’s RS1 launch vehicle.
Credit: Guy Norris/AW&ST
A U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory project targeting rapid launch capability using modular engine architectures based on never-before-flown aerospike rocket designs is due to flight-test two X-vehicles in 2023. The two demonstrators, one built by California-based ABL Space Systems and the other by...

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