Discovery SSTO 218FT Version - Single Stage to Orbit Heavy Lift, Hypersonic Aircraft

Discovery SSTO 218FT Length Version - Single Stage to Orbit Heavy Lift, Hypersonic Aircraft - 70 TON Payload

Total Length:

2,618.85" / 218.25 FT

Wingspan:

1,231" / 102.58 FT

Propulsion

4 X Unified Turbine Based Combined Cycle (U-TBCC)

*Outside Atmosphere Version

1 Aerospike

Speed:

Mach 8-10 @100,000-125,000ft

16,000+ mph ground speed once reaching 170 mile parking orbit and beyond

Fuel:

140,000 Gallons (3.24 million cu in) 12,000-16,000+ PSI Compressed Hydrogen

120,000 Gallons (2.77 million cu in) 12,000-16,000+ PSI Compressed Oxygen

Patent Filing, High Pressure Conforming Tanks, Gen 1 8,000PSI

+ 8,000 Gallons Thruster Fuel (Hydrazine or similar)

Costs:

Est: $1.2 Billion maximum price, unless 5+ being produced then costs lower to roughly $900 million each, and a continual production price of apx. $700 million each

Launch Costs:

$10-$15 Million Per Launch Average at maximum payload weight of 140,000 LBS (70 Tons) (Delta IV and Falcon Heavy Class)

If Discovery went into production, launch costs could be continually reduced even further lower than $50 per pound within a decade.

Payload Bay

Width & Height 5.05 Meters (199" / 16.583 FT)
Length: 18.288 Meters (720" / 60 FT)
70 Ton Capacity (140,000 LBS)

Empty Weight: 200,000-250,000 LBS
Max Payload Weight: 140,000 LBS
Max Weight at Take Off: 510,000
MTOW in Atmosphere: 630,000 LBS
70 Ton to LEO
35 Ton to Geo Stationary Orbit
6,000 F Thermal Resistance

Discovery SSTO, normalizes low cost frequent flight to space for large payloads, making space truly economically viable with the capabilities of daily flights. For a nation or large space based corporation, maintaining a fleet of 5-10 Discovery SSTO aircraft, unlocks potential space operations on a scale never seen by humanity to date.

But that's not all, any entity that desires even lower costs to space for smaller payloads, without mixing multiple payloads simultaneously using Discovery SSTO, could use Raven at only 100FT length and up to 15,000 LBS payloads at a cost of $2.5 Million per launch.

Raven - Model A

Mach 8-10 In Atmosphere, Single Stage to Orbit, Fixed Wing Aircraft

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Discovery, SSTO brings down the costs for launch to orbit, dramatically to below $30 million per launch of up to 70 tons. In comparison, 66 flights for Discovery SSTO equals 1 NASA SLS launch. That is 66 70 ton launches/flights for the price of 1 single SLS launch of the same payload weight.

In Comparison with SpaceX's Falcon Heavy that is 3 launches for each Falcon Heavy launch when SpaceX re-uses all boosters still. 1 Launch with new boosters is $150 Million.

Furthermore, the turn around time for Discovery SSTO from landing and ready to take off for the next flight, with a new payload is only 24 hours maximum. The aircraft is inspected, service conducted while prepping for next launch.

The aircraft is entirely 6,000F thermal resistant, which average re-entry temps at their peak reach roughly 3,000F. The aircraft is designed to be able to withstand extreme stresses far beyond fighter jets, and the use of graphene extensively within the airframe results in the airframe being 33X stronger then titanium, but only a fraction of the weight.

Furthermore, 16,000 PSI H2 compressed, rather then liquid fuels provide an enormous energy density by up to a 90-95% weight reduction for fuel weight, which makes the aircraft extraordinarily lighter vs vertically launched rockets, which results in very rapid acceleration and less energy required to reach exit velocities reaching beyond 16,000 mph ground speed approaching LEO and able to reach Geo Stationary Orbit with no external booster additions. And using compressed Oxygen at 16,000 PSI also provided an enormous volume of oxidizer when oxygen becomes to low for the scramjet engines to continue positive combustion and transitions to zero atmosphere operation.

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