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发表于 2012-10-26 10:38 PM
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According to XCOR, the Lynx will fly four or more times a day, and will also have the capacity to deliver payloads into space. A Lynx prototype called Mark I is expected to perform its first test flight in late 2012, followed with a flight of the Mark II production model nine to eighteen months after.[5] XCOR currently plans to have the Lynx's initial flights from the Mojave Air and Spaceport in Mojave, California[18] or any licensed spaceport with a 2,400 meter (7900 ft) runway. Beginning in January, 2014 the Lynx is expected to be flying suborbital space tourism flights and scientific research missions from a new spaceport on the Caribbean island of Curaçao.[19][20]
Because it lacks any propulsion system other than its rocket engines, the Lynx will have to be towed to the end of the runway. Once positioned on the runway, the pilot will ignite the four rocket engines and begin a steep climb. The engines will be shut off at approximately 138,000 feet (42 km) and Mach 2. The spaceplane will then continue to climb, unpowered until it reaches an apogee of approximately 200,000 feet (61 km). The spacecraft will experience a little over four minutes of weightlessness before re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. The occupants of the Lynx may experience up to four times normal gravity during re-entry. Once it has completed re-entry, the Lynx will then glide down and perform an unpowered landing. The total flight time is projected to last about 30 minutes.[21] The Lynx is expected to be able to perform 40 flights before maintenance is required.
The occupants would wear pressure suits made by Orbital Outfitters.[5]
The successor to the Mark II is planned to be a two stage fully reusable orbital vehicle that takes off and lands horizontally.[22]
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