Kistler K-1

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K-1 Reusable Launch Vehicle

1:110 Scale

H:33.6 cmD:6.1 cm

~35 bricks tall~8 studs wide

Concept Date2007-10-01

Family: Kistler

Designer: Kistler Aerospace·Manufacturer: Kistler Aerospace·Operator: Kistler Aerospace·Commissioner: Kistler Aerospace

2 Stages

Height / Length

37 m

Diameter

6.7 m

Launch Mass

382,000 kg

Takeoff Thrust

3,900 kN

LEO Capacity

4,600 kg

Mission Profile

The Kistler K-1 (K-1 Reusable Launch Vehicle) was a proposed two-stage American fully reusable launch vehicle, designed to recover both stages via parachute and airbag landing for rapid turnaround and reuse. Standing 37 m tall with a 6.7 m diameter and a projected liftoff mass of 382 tonnes, it would have generated 3,900 kN of first-stage thrust and delivered 4,600 kg to low Earth orbit. Conceived around 2007, the K-1 won an early NASA COTS award but Rocketplane Kistler went bankrupt before completing the vehicle, and the contract was reassigned to Orbital Sciences.

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