The Triamese was a 1965 design for an orbital launch system from
General Dynamics
General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is an American publicly traded, aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Reston, Virginia. As of 2020, it was the fifth-largest defense contractor in the world by arms sales, and 5th largest in the Uni ...
. This vehicle was composed of three similar winged vehicles. The fuel of each vehicle was used in sequence to feed all of the motors via a manifold. After the vehicle was empty it separated from the remaining active vehicles and returned to earth for a Horizontal recovery.
The final stage held the cargo.
The overall concept was very similar to the 1964
BAC Mustard design and suffered the same fate.
See also
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Douglas Astro The Douglas Astro was a design concept for a fully reusable space launch system from the Douglas Aircraft Company
The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace manufacturer based in Southern California. It was founded in 1921 by Donald ...
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Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar
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Rockwell X-30
References
Cancelled space launch vehicles
Former proposed space launch system concepts
Rocket-powered aircraft
Spaceplanes
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