Japanese Suborbital Startup Advances Test Vehicle Plans

PDAS-X06
Credit: PD Aerospace
Japanese suborbital spaceflight startup PD AeroSpace plans to fly the latest in a series of the subscale company’s first suborbital test vehicles. The 4.9-m-long (16.1-ft.) delta-wing unmanned aircraft is a half-scale model of the planned PDAS-X07, which is being designed to reach an altitude of 100...
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