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November 26, 2013

Czech and XCOR Sign Payload Integrator Agreement for Suborbital Flights
Prague, Czech Republic (SPX) Nov 26, 2013
The Czech Space Office (CSO) announced the signing of an exclusive agreement with XCOR Aerospace. The agreement authorizes the CSO to become an Authorized Payload Integrator of XCOR's Lynx, a rocket-powered suborbital spacecraft currently being built at XCOR's headquarters in Mojave, California. The Lynx spacecraft is designed to reach up to 100 km in altitude along a suborbital trajectory, will takeoff like a business jet, and return to its runway much like the Shuttle. Lynx will also provide up ... read more

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