AstroX And JAXA To Test Rocket Stabilization For Ballon Launch System

AstroX Rockoon stratospheric balloon-based space launch system concept image

AstroX is developing the Rockoon stratospheric balloon-based space launch system.

Credit: AstroX concept
Japanese startup AstroX and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) plan to conduct a joint stratospheric flight demonstration of an attitude control system to stabilize and orient a rocket suspended from a high-altitude balloon. AstroX plans to develop a space transportation service using the...
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