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24th May 2011
"Confidence in SKYLON"

ESA report commissioned by UK Space Agency finds “no impediments” to further development of Reaction Engines’ SKYLON Spaceplane

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25 August 2009
20 Years Since HOTOL: Reaction Engines Ltd and SKYLON

On 15th August 2009, this Oxfordshire aerospace company celebrated its 20th anniversary. Reaction Engines Ltd (REL) has been developing the SKYLON spaceplane, a progression from the HOTOL project, over the past 2 decades and believes that a single stage to orbit (SSTO) reusable launch vehicle (RLV) is the future of global Space travel.

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22 May 2009
Lord Drayson, Minister for Science and Innovation, visits Reaction Engines Ltd

Lord Drayson, Minister for Science and Innovation, has paid a visit to Reaction Engines Ltd (REL) at Culham Science Centre in Oxfordshire. The Minister expressed his interest in the work of REL and in the future of reusable launch vehicles (RLVs), such as SKYLON.

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19 February 2009
ESA Award to Reaction Engines Ltd

The SKYLON spaceplane is one step closer to realization thanks to European Space Agency and UK Government support for revolutionary British propulsion technology.

A reusable spaceplane that can take off from a conventional aircraft runway, carry over twelve tonnes to orbit and then return to land on the same runway could be less than a decade away thanks to a one million euro award by the European Space Agency (ESA).

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