Vortex
Reusable Orbital Transport and Exploration Vehicle
Dassault Aviation
Dassault Aviation is a French aerospace company that shapes the future by designing and building military aircraft, business jets and space systems.
Creator of more than 100 prototypes in the last century, with over 10,000 aircraft delivered to 90 countries
1,000 Military aircraft in service
2,150 Falcon jets in service
14,600 employees
General information
VORTEX = Reusable Orbital Transport and Exploration Vehicle
Dassault Aviation is committed to a resolutely dual roadmap, with the development of a family of Vortex spaceplanes, strategic instruments serving the competitiveness and sustainability of the space economy.
Vortex offers:
- A versatile dual-use platform for a wide range of needs;
- A business plan combining institutional and commercial markets to ensure a solid economic foundation;
Vortex is:
- A tool for the next industrial revolution;
- A tool for research
- A new asset for defense
- A response to the uncertainty surrounding the future of the ISS;
incremental development
An incremental innovation process aimed at initiating, adapting, and accelerating the development of spaceplane capabilities:
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Phase 1
Vortex – D — Demonstrator
(4m, 1 ton vehicle)
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Phase 2
Vortex – S – Smart
(8m, 10 tons baseline size)
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Phase 3
Vortex – C – Heavy Cargo
(enlarged version of Vortex-S with more capacity)
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Phase 4
Vortex – H – Human-rated
(enlarged version to carry astronauts)
