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Velontra

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https://www.velontra.com/

Hypersonic space plane that can take-off from any location and weather

Velontra is building a hypersonic space plane that can takeoff from anywhere in any weather. This horizontal takeoff increases launch reliability and enables customers to directly access any orbit. Our air-breathing propulsion system is up to 6 times more fuel efficient than any rocket, and uses oxygen from the air which creates thousands of pounds of additional payload capacity. We have millions in current government/commercial contracts and LOI’s. We have assembled a team of industry experts, government senior executives, and a NASA astronaut. The hypersonic space plane will work by taking off from any runway with a jet propulsion system. Next, it will climb to over 100,000’ and Mach 5. At this point, it will launch a 2nd stage rocket directly into the desired Low Earth Orbit. Velontra is “boldly going where no one has gone before.”
Velontra
Founded:2021
Team Size:5
Location:Cincinnati, OH
Group Partner:Jared Friedman
  

Active Founders

Joel Darin, Founder

Most recently first employee at Hermeus where I designed, built and tested a Turbine-Based-Combined-Cycle prototype demonstrator up to Mach 4+. Prior to that I worked at GE Aviation in Afterburner Design. Before GE I was at Georgia Tech where I did research in computational fluid dynamic simulations of reacting flows while obtaining a MS in Combustion. I started at Michigan State University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering.
Joel Darin
Joel Darin
Velontra
  

Company Launches

✈️ Velontra - Hypersonic space plane that can take-off from any location and weather

Velontra is building a hypersonic space plane that can takeoff from anywhere in any weather.

Check us out at https://velontra.com/

Problem

1.     Conventional Rocket-based launch is expensive (>$5000 per kg)

2.     Rocket launch cancellations cost satellite companies millions

3.     Launch lead times are greater than 1 year

4.     Satellite companies do not get launched into their desired orbits

Solution

Velontra is building a hypersonic space plane that can takeoff from anywhere in any weather.  This horizontal takeoff increases launch reliability and enables customers to directly access any orbit.  Our air-breathing propulsion system is up to 6 times more fuel efficient than any rocket, and uses oxygen from the air which creates thousands of pounds of additional payload capacity.

Revenue Generating Products

Here are the steps of our tech development path.

1.     Propulsion System

2.     Supersonic UAV

3.     Hypersonic UAV

4.     Space Plane for Low Earth Orbit

How It Works

The hypersonic space plane will work by taking off from any runway with a jet propulsion system.  Next, it will climb to over 100,000’ and Mach 5.  At this point, it will launch a 2nd stage rocket directly into the desired Low Earth Orbit.

Ask

Our Ask is for introductions to any company putting anything into orbit. We are pursuing LOI’s and customer discovery.