The Trifecta of Titans Engines: Powering Space from Runway to Orbit
Neal Lachman
🇵🇸 | 🇺🇦 | CEO & Chief of Spacecraft Design | TitansSpace.com | Investor | Selene Mission | Crewed Mars Mission:2032 | Nuclear Propulsion | Normalizing Space Tourism | Spaceplanes | Space Stations
Titans Spaceplanes are the Holy Grail of Aerospace
Titans Spaceplanes are the holy grail of aerospace; they are designed as a revolutionary reusable, ultra-efficient, low-cost space transportation system that eliminates the need for expensive launch facilities, vehicle assembly buildings, and (expendable or reusable) all-rocket boosters.
A Titans Spaceplane can operate from any (partnered) large airport, and it can carry up to 330 people or 90-100 ton payload into any 555-km (344 mi) orbit; it uses multi-cycle airbreather propulsion to reach the top of the troposphere and then ignites its rocket engines to reach Low-Earth Orbit.
For missions requiring higher orbital altitudes, a kit can be installed in the cargo bay with additional propellant for the OMS engines.
Titans Spaceplanes have three separate engine systems
Airbreather Propulsion
Our airbreather engines are combined cycle system (fanjet/ramjet) designed to get the Titans Spaceplane from takeoff to approximately Mach 4 at approximately 60,000 feet, where the Spaceplane will ignite the Titans Main Rocket Engines (TMREs) and commence the dive maneuver.
Rocket Propulsion
Titans Main Rocket Engines (TMREs) are specifically designed to be an aircraft powerplant, and built for maximum reliability and durability.
At over 1 million lbs thrust a TMRE has twice the thrust of a space shuttle SSME.
When we fire the TMREs, it will be only the second 1-million lbs thrust engine fired, and the first to do it using LOX/hydrogen.
Orbital Maneuvering System
The OMS can be found under the tail fin. The OMS will be used during orbit to circularize the orbit, adjust orbital altitude, and deorbit the Spaceplane (enter a descent phase).
For missions requiring higher orbital altitudes than 555 km, a kit can be installed in the cargo bay with additional propellant for the OMS engines.
In-depth Information about the Titans Engine System
Below is the Titans Engine Systems presentation that discusses design, functions, and safety in some detail.
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About Titans Space Industries
Titans Space is creating a streamlined Earth-to-lunar surface transport infrastructure with spaceplanes, space stations, spaceships, and dedicated lunar vehicles for landing and travel.
Titans Space intends to:
✓ Become the largest LEO and Lunar Space tourism company
✓ Become the largest Real Estate owner in Space and the Moon
✓ Become the largest Lunar commerce and mining company (from 2031 onwards)
Titans Space Industries (TSI) was founded by a group of 15 partners with a combined 450 years of business experience, representing investor interests in Titans Universe/TSI. They worked together on numerous projects for a combined 200+ years.
The founding team includes a 28-year-veteran space entrepreneur and satellite broadband pioneer, a PE fund manager who raised more than $6 billion in capital, a 40+ year rocketry and aerodynamics veteran, a 40+ year Space entrepreneur and activist, a Hall-of-Fame NBA basketball legend, a former Head of Business Development at Apple, a multi-billion-dollar business strategist, a former MD of KPMG NYC who advised on 100+ PE and M&A transactions, and the former CFO of a Formula One racing team and public listed companies.
Our Founding CEO, Neal S. Lachman is a serial entrepreneur with 35 years of investment, business, space, technology, and telecom experience. In 1992, he picked up the phone and started communicating with companies like PanAmSat. He has been a space entrepreneur ever since 1994/1995 when he and two of his brothers applied and received three international digital satellite broadcast licenses.
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