Radian Aerospace

{{Short description|American aerospace company}}{{Infobox company

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| type = Private incorporated company

| industry = Aerospace

| founded = 2016; {{age|2016|02|10}} years ago

| founder = Richard Humphrey, Livingston L. Holder Jr., Jeff Feige, Curtis Gifford

| hq_location = Seattle, Washington

| website = {{ URL | radianaerospace.com }}

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Radian Aerospace is an American aerospace company based in Seattle, Washington. The company is developing a horizontal take-off/horizontal landing, single-stage-to-orbit, fully reusable spaceplane concept called Radian One.

History

Radian was founded in 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/radian-announces-plans-to-build-one-of-the-holy-grails-of-spaceflight/|title=Radian announces plans to build one of the holy grails of spaceflight|first=Eric|last=Berger|date=January 19, 2022|website=Ars Technica}} In January 2022, the company closed a $27.5 million seed round led by venture capital fund Fine Structure Ventures.{{Cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/radian-aerospace-raises-seed-round-to-fund-work-on-spaceplane/|title=Radian Aerospace raises seed round to fund work on spaceplane|date=January 19, 2022|website=SpaceNews}}

In September 2024, Radian Aerospace completed ground tests of its subscale prototype flight vehicle called PFV01 in Abu Dhabi and begins flight tests.{{cite web |language=en|author=Aria Alamalhodaei|url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/25/radian-aerospace-completes-ground-taxi-tests-of-prototype-space-plane/ |title=Radian Aerospace completes ground tests of prototype space plane |date=September 25, 2024 |website=TechCrunch}}{{cite web |url=https://spacenews.com/radian-aerospace-begins-tests-of-spaceplane-prototype/ |title=Radian Aerospace begins tests of spaceplane prototype |author=Jeff Foust |date=September 25, 2024 |website=SpaceNews |language=en}}

Radian One

Radian released their latest vehicle design of Radian One to the public in April 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.geekwire.com/2024/radian-aerospace-update-space-plane-design/|title=Radian Aerospace updates its space plane design and hints at coming attractions|date=April 2, 2024|website=GeekWire}} Radian One is designed to carry up to five crew members to low Earth orbit, with as much as 5,000 pounds of payload going up and 10,000 pounds going down. The delta-winged plane will be launched from a rocket-powered sled. Radian claims it will be able to land on any {{Convert|10000|ft|abbr=on}} runway and fly again in 48 hours.{{Cite web |last=Szondy |first=David |date=2022-01-24 |title=Radian One unveils plans for single-stage to orbit spaceplane |url=https://newatlas.com/space/radian-one-single-stage-to-orbit-spaceplane/ |access-date=2022-01-26 |website=New Atlas |language=en-US}}

Target markets

The company is focusing on research, space manufacturing, terrestrial observation, and rapid global delivery to Earth destinations. Radian has penned launch agreements with governments and commercial firms.

References

External links

[https://www.radianaerospace.com/ Official Website]

Category:Aerospace companies of the United States

Category:Private spaceflight companies

Category:Companies based in Seattle