Air-breathing SABRE rocket engine set to enter test phase

Reaction Engine's Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE) comes closer to reality as ESA and the UK Space Agency (UKSA) green light the preliminary design of the demonstrator engine core. The successful review of the hypersonic engine designed to act as both a jet and a rocket means that the company can move on the major testing milestones in the next 18 months at its ground-test facility at Westcott, Buckinghamshire.

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Category: Space

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• ESA
• Hypersonic
• Reaction Engines

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