Skylon (spacecraft)
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Skylon is a design for an unpiloted spaceplane by the British company Reaction Engines Limited (REL). It uses a combined-cycle air-breathing rocket engine to reach orbit in a single stage. A fleet of vehicles is envisaged; the design is aiming for re-usability up to 200 times.

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Skylon offers a lively cocktail bar, casual dining at the grill and formal entertaining in the restaurant. Group bookings can be made for groups of 8 to 240.2
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Artists impression of The Skylon spaceplane places a satellite in orbit. Picture courtesy of Adrian Mann. The Skylon spaceplane places a satellite in orbit. Picture courtesy of Adrian Mann .4
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Skylon Restaurant is a stylish and sophisticated destination on London's Southbank. It serves an impressive selection of Modern European dishes with seasonal influences.6
Skylon is destination restaurant and a relaxed, informal grill centre around a raised bar serving classic and contemporary cocktails = Located within 7
The South Bank during the Festival of Britain, with Skylon on the rightThe South Bank during the Festival of Britain. The Skylon tower is seen on the right.8
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Skylon is an unpiloted, reusable spaceplane intended to provide inexpensive and reliable access to space: Skylon: commerical space 'aircraft' available in Britain 'within 10 years' Skylon is an unpiloted, 10
SKYLON is an unpiloted, reusable spaceplane intended to provide inexpensive and reliable access to space.11
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Skylon Description - How well I recall the excitement and enormous sense of relief in 1951 as Britain sought to shake off 17
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Skylon is an unmanned reusable cargo spacecraft being designed by UK-based Reaction Engines (REL) for the UK Space Agency (UKSA).20

It is the successor of the HOTOL .

Skylon occupies what was the People's Palace at the Southbank Centre and is the first new opening from D&D London (formerly Conran Restaurants), it's named after the 21
Skylon has an overall O/F ratio of 2.27. A rocket has an O/F ration of 6.22
SKYLON programme at the event on 8 Dec.23
Skylon illustrationUnder development for more than 20 years, Skylon could provide low-cost access to LEO, if it can overcome engineering and other obstacles. (credit: Reaction Engines Ltd.24
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The Skylon became the symbol of the Festival of Britain. It had a steel latticework frame clad in aluminium louvres, and was illuminated from within at night.28
The SKYLON vehicle is named after the Powell and Moya-designed Skylon needle that floated above the 1951 Festival of Britain and – weirdly – the spacecraft has a 29
skylon artists impressionAn artist's impression of Reaction Engines' Skylon. Photograph: www.reactionengines.co.uk Chris Bridges has plans to put mobile phones in their place.30
The Skylon has, in a way, been some three decades in development already-stretching almost back to the days of Apollo, curiously also the model for NASA's future spacecraft.31
The Skylon tower at the Festival of Britain, 1951 The Skylon was a futuristic-looking, slender, vertical, cigar-shaped steel tensegrity structure located by the Thames in Londonmarker, that apparently 32
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Back in 1951, the original Skylon Tower was the futuristic-looking, abiding symbol of the Festival of Britain - a symbol of Britain’s courage and vitality.34
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The Skylon concept weighs 275 metric tons at launch carrying 66 metric tons of liquid hydrogen and 150 metric tons of liquid oxygen.40
Designer
Reaction Engines Limited
Predecessor
HOTOL
Engine(jet)
SABRE (rocket engine)
Thrust Main
1350.0
Loaded Weight Main
345000.0
Program Cost
7.1E9
Projected to be £7.1 billion
Max Speed Main
Escape Velocity
Developed From
HOTOL project
Payload Main
15000.0
Capacity
Potential for up to 24 passengers
Max Speed More
Mach 5.5 air breathing
Ceiling Main
1560000.0
Crew
None
remote controlled from ground.
Thrust/weight
~1.2 – 3 at burnout
Unit Cost
1.9E8
Jet Or Prop
jet
Span Alt
82.0
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Status
Research and development
Number Of Jets
2
Origin
United Kingdom
Span Main
25.4 m
Type of jet
synergistic combined cycle jet engine
Length Main
83.3 m
Empty Weight Main
53000.0
Ceiling Alt
air breathing
> exoatmospheric
Category
British space programme
Canard aircraft
Emerging technology
Hydrogen-powered aircraft
Hypersonic aircraft
Mixed-power aircraft
Proposed spacecraft
Ramjet-powered aircraft
Reaction Engines aircraft
Reusable launch systems
Rocket-powered aircraft
Single-stage-to-orbit
Spaceplanes

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