Reserve capacity
Each selected payload would have agreed limits for mass, volume, power and data. Pointing and operating requirements would be reviewed with the mission team.
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THE MÁRQUEZ PROJECT / SCIENTIFIC MISSION STUDIES
Scientific spacecraft and launch-system studies.
Our Space Systems programme studies launch vehicles and scientific missions. Within it, the Márquez Project explores spacecraft that could share system designs and modular payload interfaces.
CURRENT POSITION
From mission objectives to engineering requirements.
Current work covers mission design, system modelling and payload interfaces. The spacecraft shown here are preliminary concepts. Funding, detailed engineering and qualification would be needed before a mission could proceed.
ALLSTAR-1 PROGRAMME / NEW STUDY
PRE-FEASIBILITY
AllStar-1: a heavy-lift launch concept.
AllStar-1 studies a recoverable solid first stage and a target payload of 30 tonnes to a circular orbit at 400 km altitude and 28° inclination. The preliminary analysis examines mass, ideal velocity change and recovery costs. It also considers sequential booster ignition and the requirements for a possible launch site at Kourou.
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CONCEPT MASS MODEL / NOT A FLIGHT CONFIGURATIONSTARSHOT SCIENTIFIC PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME
A proposed model for shared scientific missions.
Starshot would develop and operate the spacecraft while partner organisations contributed instruments or funded observation campaigns. Agreements would define payload capacity and the operations, communications and data services included.
Fund integration
Integration agreements would cover interface reviews, qualification and installation through defined milestones.
Contract the service
A service agreement would specify launch arrangements, mission support and delivery of the agreed scientific data.
Extend successful missions
Further observation or relay services could be considered if spacecraft health and funding allowed an extension.
Funding and cost assessment
Before a mission proceeds, committed funding would need to cover an agreed development and operating plan. Financial assessment would include spacecraft development, integration, launch and operations alongside insurance, contingency and financing costs. A reservation would not establish profitability.
01 / HERALD
Propulsion research
Herald studies experimental liquid propulsion. Current work covers requirements, modelling and instrumentation plans for possible future testing.
- Lead
- Elijah Booth
- Status
- Requirements and design analysis
- Hardware
- No energetic testing under way
02 / MÁRQUEZ PROJECT
Shared spacecraft architecture
The Márquez Project examines shared spacecraft systems and modular payloads. Its studies define the mission requirements and technical questions that would guide later development.
- Horizon
- Scientific spacecraft
- Current work
- Architecture and systems studies
- Classification
- Preliminary concept
CONCEPT VISUAL ARCHIVE
Explore the mission concepts.
These visualisations illustrate proposed spacecraft and their operating environments. Each mission page describes the objectives, candidate systems and unresolved design questions.
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