SkyBolt2 and Nova2

StarChaser Industries https://starchaser.co.uk/

This small English Manchester based company run by Steve Bennett since 1992 hope to have suborbital flights by 2022.

SkyBolt2

28-foot Skybolt 2 rocket.

Skybolt2 a reusable research rocket was launched from Otterburn, Northumberland UK on the 11th September 2017, but was limited to 4,000 feet to ensure a safe landing.

Nova 2

They hope to launch the currently in development Nova 2; a 12 metre (39 foot) rocket with room for one passenger in 2020.

Future

StarChaser Industries is aiming eventually at a three-person capsule to put tourists into suborbital space by 2022 with seats on flights costing around $132k.

Engines

Named after wartime British prime minister Winston Churchill.

The Starchaser Industries developed 'Churchill' engines use liquid Oxygen and Kerosene propellant.

Churchill Mk III

The current engine (2017) is their Churchill MkIII that is a massive improvement on their MarkII by a factor of five. Around 15,000 kg of thrust could be achieved from this engine; making it the most powerful engine Starchaser have developed, Using Helium as a pressurising gas.