ATRX

ATRX, Inc is a company developing space planes. It is working on a propulsion module built around an Air Turbo Rocket. The site says the goal is fast and low cost access to space from runways. The site does not name a head office location.

The site explains the problem it wants to solve. Most rockets launch vertically and are staged. The site says this makes launches costly and limits them to a few dedicated sites, such as the five active sites in the United States. The company says space planes could use thousands of airports instead.

The Air Turbo Rocket combines ideas from turbojets and rocket motors. The site says it can work from takeoff up to high supersonic and low hypersonic speeds, near Mach 5. It describes a high specific impulse and a high thrust to weight ratio. The site shows a hot fire test of the existing ATR prototype.

The company says its space planes would be fully reusable and need only modest ground support. It says they could give responsive launch on demand. The site says the company's approach could support U.S. national security objectives. It also says the work could help grow new kinds of space based businesses.

The site has pages for space plane operation, the Air Turbo Rocket, news, and contact. The contact page offers a general email address for enquiries. The copyright line gives the company name as ATRX, Inc.