3D printed space planes with Hydrogen engine and no carbon emissions may soon take satellites to orbit

An Australian start-up is working on a novel space launch vehicle, most of which will be produced using a 3D printer, including its hydrogen engine. Here is a look at the future of space flight, as the start-up imagines it.

Putting satellites into the Earth's orbit has conventionally been associated with large rockets that take off vertically from a launchpad. Hypersonix Launch Systems, an Australian aerospace engineering startup, is now trying to come up with a novel way to do so. Its solution? A faster than sound space plane that uses green fuel and is made of 3D printed materials.

Called Delta Velos, the space vehicle is being manufactured by the firm in Sydney, Australia in partnership with the University of Sydney. The one-of-a-kind plane is currently under production and testing at the engineering precinct of the University of Sydney's Darlington campus.