suborbital
Kestrel Edge
4.8Take off on a runway. Land as an astronaut.
- Apogee
- 88.1 km
- Zero-G
- 3 min
- Max G
- 3.5 G
From
$295KAl Dhafra, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Liwa Desert Spaceport
A runway-and-pad complex set among some of the world's tallest dunes, home to the Kestrel fleet and Lumen research flights.
- Coordinates
- 23.12°N 53.77°E
- Elevation
- 110 m
- Missions
- 3
Facilities
- Desert Camp
- 4.2 km runway
- Spaceplane hangars
- Payload processing lab
Launch weather
Clear skies most of the year; summer heat limits daytime spaceplane operations in July and August.
Missions from Liwa
orbital
Two weeks. Your experiment. Microgravity.
- Apogee
- 420 km
- Duration
- 14 days
- Max G
- 4.0 G
From
$11.5Mlunar
The fastest way to the Moon and back.
- Apogee
- 395,100 km
- Duration
- 6 days
- Max G
- 6.4 G
From
$78M