Radian Aerospace

American aerospace company
Radian Aerospace
Company typePrivate incorporated company
IndustryAerospace
Founded2016
HeadquartersSeattle, Washington
Websiteradianaerospace.com

Radian Aerospace is an American aerospace company based in Seattle, Washington. The company is developing a horizontal take-off/horizontal landing, single-stage-to-orbit, fully reusable spaceplane concept called Radian One.

History

Radian was founded in 2016.[1] In January 2022, the company closed a $27.5 million seed round led by venture capital fund Fine Structure Ventures.[2]

Radian One

Radian released their latest vehicle design of Radian One to the public in April 2024.[3] Radian One is designed to carry up to five crew members to low Earth orbit, with as much as 5,000 pounds of payload going up and 10,000 pounds going down. The delta-winged plane will be launched from a rocket-powered sled. Radian claims it will be able to land on any 10,000 ft (3,000 m) runway and fly again in 48 hours.[4]

Target markets

The company is focusing on research, space manufacturing, terrestrial observation, and rapid global delivery to Earth destinations. Radian has penned launch agreements with governments and commercial firms.[4]

See also

  • Spaceflight portal

References

  1. ^ Berger, Eric (January 19, 2022). "Radian announces plans to build one of the holy grails of spaceflight". Ars Technica.
  2. ^ "Radian Aerospace raises seed round to fund work on spaceplane". SpaceNews. January 19, 2022.
  3. ^ "Radian Aerospace updates its space plane design and hints at coming attractions". GeekWire. April 2, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Szondy, David (2022-01-24). "Radian One unveils plans for single-stage to orbit spaceplane". New Atlas. Retrieved 2022-01-26.

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