.. tak jak amerykanskie X-y, nic w przyrodzie nie ginie ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Rider
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Także wątek poświęcony programowi nie zaginął
Obecnie start jest planowany na 3. kwartał 2023, ale że debiut orbitalny już był przekładany, to nie można wykluczyć dalszych opóźnień.
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Transportation/Space_Rider/ESA_signs_contracts_for_reusable_Space_Rider_up_to_maiden_flightESA pours $107 million into Vega E and a reusable spaceplaneby Caleb Henry — November 30, 2017
WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency today committed 89.7 million euros ($106.7 million) split between a new advanced iteration of the Vega launcher and the successor to a spaceplane demonstrator that flew in 2015.
Italy’s space industry, notably Vega’s manufacturer Avio and Thales Alenia Space Italy, will both lead consortiums for Vega E and Space Rider, respectively. (...)
https://spacenews.com/esa-pours-107-million-into-vega-e-and-a-reusable-spaceplane/ESA targets 2021 for Space Rider demo flightby Tereza Pultarova — November 13, 2018
ROME — The European Space Agency expects to carry out the qualification flight of the Space Rider spaceplane in 2021 followed by multiple demonstration missions before handing over the program to industry, according to Lucia Linares, head of ESA space transportation strategy and policy. (...)
https://spacenews.com/esa-targets-2021-for-space-rider-demo-flight/Earth observation, deep space exploration big winners in new ESA budgetNovember 29, 2019 Stephen Clark
(...) With ESA’s pledge to remain in the space station program,
Wörner said the agency is “ready and eager” to give each member of its 2009 class of astronauts at least two flights. So far, two of ESA’s six astronauts from the 2009 class have been assigned two missions to the station. German astronaut Alexander Gerst completed his second flight last year, and Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano is currently in orbit on his second mission. (...)
A consortium of 10 European countries, led by Italy, committed funding to complete development of a reusable spaceship named Space Rider.
Italy is funding around 75 percent of the Space Rider’s development costs. It will launch on top of a Vega C rocket, carry nearly a ton of scientific and engineering payloads into orbit, then re-enter the atmosphere and parachute into the sea for recovery and reuse on another flight.
The Space Rider has the shape of a lifting body — similar to the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane — allowing it to steer close to populated islands for splashdowns at sea. The Space Rider builds on a suborbital test flight of ESA’s Intermediate Experimental Vehicle in 2015.
ESA says the Space Rider could be ready for its first flight in 2022, and is designed to operate in orbit for at least two months on each mission. (...)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/11/29/earth-observation-deep-space-exploration-big-winners-in-new-esa-budget/ESA aims to privatize Space Rider unmanned spaceplane by 2025by Rob Coppinger — June 22, 2017. This story was updated June 29 to correct a conversion error.
Space Rider aims to provide Europe with an affordable, independent, reusable end-to-end integrated space transportation system for routine access and return from low orbit. It will be used to transport payloads for an array of applications, orbit altitudes and inclinations. Credit: ESA LE BOURGET, France — Although Europe’s Space Rider reusable spaceplane is three years or so from its debut, the European Space Agency is already making plans to privatize the unmanned orbital vehicle.
By 2025, ESA officials said, Space Rider could be operating commercially, flying science payloads and bringing them back to Earth for roughly $40,000 per kilogram. (...)
https://spacenews.com/esa-aims-to-privatize-space-rider-unmanned-spaceplane-by-2025/Italy satisfied with outcome of ESA ministerialby Jeff Foust — November 29, 2019
(...) ESA did not disclose the total value pledged to Space Rider at the meeting, but did state that Italy is providing 75% of the total. That led to questions at the press conference at the end of Space19+ about whether Space Rider is truly a European program rather than a national program. (...)
https://spacenews.com/e167-million-space-rider-contract-funds-construction-of-europes-first-orbital-spaceplane/€167 million Space Rider contract funds construction of Europe’s first orbital spaceplaneby Andrew Parsonson — December 11, 2020
The European Space Agency signed a contract with co-contractors Thales Alenia Space Italy and Avio Dec. 9 to build the Space Rider spaceplane, which is set to make its debut in 2023. Credit: ESA/Jacky HuartJOHANNESBURG — The European Space Agency has finalized a €167 million ($200 million) contract with Thales Alenia Space Italy and Avio to deliver Space Rider — Europe’s first robotic orbital spaceplane — in time for a mid-to-late 2023 launch atop an expendable rocket.
Under the contract signed Dec. 9 in Rome, Thales Alenia Space Italy will build Space Rider’s reusable reentry module while Avio will deliver an expendable service module and propulsion system. (...)
https://spacenews.com/e167-million-space-rider-contract-funds-construction-of-europes-first-orbital-spaceplane/Test IXV z 2015
https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=1928.msg169078#msg1690782) 2023 sty 08 09:30 Kosmonauta.net
Space Rider - europejski mini-pojazd kosmicznyCzy pod koniec przyszłego roku znajdzie się po raz pierwszy na orbicie?
https://kosmonauta.net/2022/11/europejski-mini-prom-space-rider/