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Rotary Rocket

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Rotary Rocket Company was a rocketry company that developed the Roton helicopter rocket hybrid concept in the late 1990s as a fully reusable single stage to orbit crewed spacecraft. The design was initially conceived by Bevin McKinney and shared with Gary Hudson, and the company was formed in 1996 to commercialize the concept.

Facts
Agency Type
Private launch vehicle developer (ceased operations 2001) 1
Founded Year
1996 1
Headquarters
Mojave, California, United States 1
Head
Gary Hudson (CEO, board) 1
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1. Wikipedia: Rotary Rocket
Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph
    In 1996, Rotary Rocket Company was formed to commercialize the concept.
  • Company history section, factory
    opened a factory headquartered in a 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m2) facility at Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, California.
  • Infobox, Key people
    Gary Hudson (CEO, board)
  • Company history section, closure
    the company exhausted its funds and closed in early 2001.
  • In Group: United States Launch Companies, Lead sentence
    The company gathered considerable venture capital from angel investors and opened a factory headquartered in a 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m2) facility at Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, California.
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