Hypersonix to 3D-Print Parts for Zero-Emissions Spaceplane at Sydney University
SYDNEY—Hypersonix Launch Systems, an Australian engineering, design and build company, is investigating the use of 3D printing to make flight-critical components for its green hydrogen-powered launch vehicles at the University of Sydney. Hypersonix signed a Master Research Collaboration Agreement with the university to research and build the components for Delta Velos, a zero-emissions, hypersonic spaceplane. The launch vehicle will be capable of deploying small satellites into low earth orbit.
Delta Velos will be powered by four green hydrogen-fuelled scramjet engines, enabling carbon neutral propulsion. It will also include the world’s first 3D printed, fixed geometry (no moving parts) scramjet engine in Australia, completed under the Australian Commercialization grant awarded to Hypersonix in August 2020.