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hybrid rocket

[′hī·brəd ′räk·ət]
(aerospace engineering)
A rocket with an engine utilizing a liquid propellant with a solid propellant in the same rocket engine.
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A hybrid rocket motor gives a lot of power quickly.
Space race
In May, Virgin Galactic and their partners Scaled Composites switched to an alternative type of fuel for the hybrid rocket motor.
SPACE PILOT DIES IN DESERT CRASH; TRAGEDY VIRGIN GALACTIC FLIGHT HORROR Scots flier calls home to tell family: Don't worry, I'm safe
SS2's propulsion system has been developed by Sierra Nevada Corp and is the world's largest operational hybrid rocket motor.
Virgin Galactic test flight proves space systems
25 lakh) for work on a hybrid rocket motor for its suborbital Hermes spaceplane.
Asteroid mining company wants to put your face in space
Hampson has been charged with creating a steel and alloy structure to hold the EJ200 engine, the hybrid rocket motor, the peroxide tank, the Formula One engine used as a fuel pump, the parachute mechanism and the speed brake.
Midlands moves fast to help with record attempt
Built from lightweight carbon composite materials and powered by a hybrid rocket motor, SS2 is based on the X-Prize-winning SpaceShipOne concept - a rocket plane that is lifted initially by a carrier vehicle before blasting skywards.
Aerospace & Defense News - Space
SpaceShipTwo, built from lightweight composite materials and powered by a hybrid rocket motor, is similar to its prototype cousin with three exceptions.
Wannabe astronauts fork out cash as Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship
The vehicle will use the combined power of a hybrid rocket motor and two RAF EJ200 jet engines (the type currently used on the Eurofighter Typhoon).
Bloodhound ... on the trail of the land speed record: October 23 saw the launch of the BLOODHOUND Project, a three-year mission, lead by Richard Noble OBE, to create a car capable of breaking the Land Speed Record and achieving speeds of 1000 mph
To achieve Green's target of 1,000mph in the Bloodhound Project, the vehicle uses a jet engine from the Eurofighter Typhoon for the initial thrust, followed by an impulse from a hybrid rocket motor.
Test houses team up for land speed record bid
The Norwegian ammunition systems and rocket propulsion developer Nammo AS revealed on Tuesday (13 September) that its subsidiary Nammo Raufoss AS had carried out a first static test firing of a full-scale hybrid rocket motor.
Nammo AS test fires hybrid rocket motor
Another advance is the nonexplosive hybrid rocket motor designed to power SpaceShipOne, which Rutan called practically bulletproof.
On the edge of space tourism
This is another key win for SpaceDev, as we move our hybrid rocket motor technology from R&D toward a variety of SpaceDev products that can produce revenues," says Jim Benson, chairman and CEO of SpaceDev.
SpaceDev gets the nod for Mars shuttle project. (Tech Briefs)

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