Horizon Europe project
SALTO - reuSable strAtegic space Launcher Technologies & Operations
- WHAT OUR CONSORTIUM AIMS TO DO
The SALTO aims to raise the maturity level of the first European reusable rocket technology, significantly reduce launch costs, ensure improvements in the environmental footprint and strengthen Europe’s competitiveness in strategic space missions.
- GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT
SALTO project will test vertical landing of a reusable launcher stage prototype
SALTO will perform, for the first time in Europe, fly / recover / re-fly cycles of a reusable rocket first-stage demonstrator.
The SALTO project aims to validate the landing phase, which is particularly complex but essential in order to be able to recover a launcher. Test campaigns will be conducted in Kiruna, Sweden.
- TEST FACILITY
Reusability test facility at Esrange Space Center
The Esrange Space Center is located in the very north of Sweden, above the Arctic Circle (68°N, 21°E), 40 km East from the town Kiruna. On January 13, the new launch complex and dedicated testing area were allocated for the SALTO hop test campaigns.
- A GROUP OF EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS
The Horizon Europe project SALTO brings together an innovative European consortium of 25 partners and 1 affiliated entity, involving Large System integrators, research institutes and start-ups/SMEs from 12 Member States.
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