Cowboy Space Details 'Big Iron' Launcher Plans
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AVIATION WEEK - Cowboy Space has started to provide details around the launcher that it plans to loft before the end of 2028.
The rocket it calls “Big Iron” is slated to be 86 m (282 ft.) tall and 4.7 m in diameter, the company said on social media. The first stage would be powered by nine of its in-house developed 300,000-lb.-thrust Clydesdale engines. The second stage is then propelled by a single Clydesdale powerplant.
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Note: Cowboy Space opened a new facility in Kent for its launch, satellite, and orbital data center programs.
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