Things to do With an A300 - Launch Satellites

Check out Aviation Week's On Space blog for more on newly formed Swiss Space Systems' (S3) plans to orbit small satellites using an Airbus A300 carrying an unmanned shuttle. There is video there of how the launch concept will work when suborbital test flights begin in 2017. Concept: S3 S3 founder Pascal Jaussi says the A300 has been chosen because it is certified to operate from commercial...