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Skylon isn't only for small payloads. It's closer to "Thunderbird Two" in the size of payload pods.
by JulianMorrison 12y ago
Skylon isn't only for small payloads. It's closer to "Thunderbird Two" in the size of payload pods.
- outworlder 12y agoI stand corrected. Wikipedia says 15000kg (doesn't say at what altitude however).
- throwaway_yy2Di 12y agoSays 15 000 kg to 300 km LEO, or 11 000 kg to 800 km, out of 350 000 kg launch mass: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylon_%28spacecraft%29#Overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylon_%28spacecraft%29#Overvi... So similar sized as the two-stage Delta IV Medium, with exactly the same mass fraction (23.3 - 23.5): http://www.spaceflight101.com/delta-iv-medium-42.html http://www.spaceflight101.com/delta-iv-medium-42.html