VOLANS Launch Vehicle
Modular, low-cost, 100% pyrotechnics-and-explosives-free hybrid-propulsion launch vehicle carrying up to 750 kg to LEO.
Technical specifications
- Propulsion
- Hybrid HTP oxidizer / HRF-1 fuel
- Payload capacity
- Up to 750 kg (simulated for 400 km, 40° orbit)
- Fairing length (main)
- 2.40 m
- Fairing length (total)
- 4.77 m
- Fairing diameter
- 21.80 m
- Fairing volume
- 10.58 m³
- Inclination range
- 0-97°
- Explosive equivalence
- Zero-TNT, 100% pyrotechnics-and-explosives-free
- Emissions reduction
- Up to 60% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions vs. KEROLOX
- TRL
- 5-6 (technology demonstrated, orbital vehicle in development)
About
VOLANS is Equatorial Space Systems’ family of modular, low-cost small-satellite launch vehicles, designed for payload capacities of up to 750 kg to Low Earth Orbit. It is powered by the company’s proprietary hybrid propulsion technology combining a High Test Peroxide (HTP) oxidizer with its High Regression Fuel 1 (HRF-1) grain, making VOLANS the first 100% pyrotechnics-and-explosives-free orbital launch vehicle.
Because the vehicle carries no conventional explosives or pyrotechnic devices, it is inherently safer to manufacture, transport, and handle, and can be launched from near-equatorial sites to deliver payloads directly to a customer’s chosen orbital inclination at low cost and on flexible schedules. The hybrid HTP/HRF-1 propulsion system is designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 60% and launch cost by up to 80% relative to traditional kerosene/LOX (KEROLOX) propulsion, with zero TNT-equivalent explosive hazard.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
