JAXA Studies Small Reusable Orbiter

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JAXA's Type 5 (left) and Type 6 design concepts for a small reusable orbiter.
Credit: JAXA
SYDNEY—Japanese space researchers are studying concepts for a reusable orbiter with a mass of up to 5 metric tons for deployment by the Epsilon light space launcher. At one end of the range of concepts, the spacecraft would be a payload carried to orbit in the rocket fairing, like a satellite. At...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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