Author Topic: Excaliber Almaz Launch Vehicle (Read 1634 times)

Jackspace · « **on:** 04/10/2012 11:35 pm »

Does anyonoe know what rocket Excaliber is launching on.

pippin · « **Reply #1 on:** 04/10/2012 11:48 pm »

None?

Jason1701 · « **Reply #2 on:** 04/11/2012 04:43 am »

They're vaporware.

Sparky · « **Reply #3 on:** 04/11/2012 04:58 am »

I thought I heard somewhere it was supposed to be on a Zenit, possibly via Sea Launch.

Danderman · « **Reply #4 on:** 05/02/2012 02:15 pm »

Quote from: Sparky on 04/11/2012 04:58 am

I thought I heard somewhere it was supposed to be on a Zenit, possibly via Sea Launch.

This was not actually a rumor, it was based on the company that invested in Almaz also loaning money to SeaLaunch during the bankruptcy. However, that company got repaid, and is no longer connected to SeaLaunch.

BTW, Zenit/SeaLaunch is probably 3 times larger than necessary for launching the capsule. The Antares launcher, with a more gentle upper stage, would be a good candidate. So would Stratolauncher.