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Space Rider Orbital Laboratory

04.06.2019

The European Space Agency has developed and will send on its debut mission in 2022 an unmanned reusable spaceplane Space Rider, which will be used in low Earth orbit as a scientific laboratory.

Space Rider is actually a modern adaptation of the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV), which was successfully tested in 2015, and the upper stage of the Vega-C rocket - AVUM+. The latter will be supplemented with the Life Extension kit: it will be a service module that will be equipped with a 600 W power supply, equipment for orientation, altitude control and information from orbit.

The IXV added a 1200 liter multi-purpose cargo hold for science experiment and research materials, computer equipment, temperature control systems, and more. The onboard system will be equipped with sophisticated avionics for maneuvering in space and soft landings.

Space Rider is equipped with a landing gear. The spaceplane will receive a modernized design, allowing it to be used five more times after its debut flight. It will be able to deliver up to 800 kg of payload back to Earth. Missions are designed for two months or longer.

To minimize costs, off-the-shelf components are partly used and expensive components are reused. ESA claims that after each mission, the vehicle will need only minimal repairs, and this will make it competitive in the market.

So far, ESA is preparing to conduct a final design review. The first flight is planned to be made from the Kourou spaceport in South America using a Vega-C rocket.

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