Swiss Company to Launch Robotic Mini-Shuttle in 2017

"A Swiss company has unveiled an ambitious plan to
build a privately built robotic rocket plane by 2017 in
order launch satellites into orbit.

The company Swiss Space Systems (S3) plans to
loft the unmanned suborbital shuttle from the back of
an Airbus A300 jetliner to serve as a commercial
satellite launch platform. The Payerne, Switzerland-
based firm unveiled the satellite launch concept on
March 13 and is expected to reveal the supplier of its
shuttle rocket engine in April."

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