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XCOR plans new facility in Florida

Washington, USA - Mark I and Mark II ready for test flights

The suborbital spaceflight company XCOR has announced a new manufacturing and operations facility for its Lynx Mk II, the second variant of the company's suborbital vehicle. The new facility will be opened in Florida by the end of 2014. "Looking over the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex grounds and seeing the history of US human spaceflight and realizing that soon XCOR will be a part of the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1144720
Rome, Italy, 08/24/2012 15:11
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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