Cowbell Suborbital Test Rocket
Miles Space / RocketStar
12-meter aerospike-powered developmental suborbital test rocket intended to fly from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 48.
Technical specifications
- Length
- 12 meters
- Target test altitude
- ~21,000 meters (suborbital)
- Propulsion
- RocketStar Aerospike Engine
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 48, Cape Canaveral, Florida
- Vehicle class
- Single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) developmental test rocket
About
Cowbell is RocketStar’s developmental single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) test rocket used to demonstrate the company’s reusable aerospike engine technology in flight. The 12-meter vehicle is designed to reach an altitude of roughly 21,000 meters on suborbital test flights, subject to final safety requirements, launching from Launch Complex 48 at Cape Canaveral, Florida — a multi-use pad supporting small launch vehicle developers. RocketStar has flown Cowbell carrying a prototype payload for resource-mapping startup Lunasonde, using the flight to validate the aerospike engine’s thrust, reusability and altitude-compensation characteristics ahead of an eventual orbital launch vehicle program.
Documentation
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