Editing Space Transport Corporation (section)

==STC vehicles==

===Spartan===
The Spartan Three Stage Rocket was a vehicle intended to carry payloads of 1 to 5&nbsp;kg into suborbit. The rocket was tested to 80&nbsp;km, and commercial launches were planned for 2005.

===Nano-Satellite Orbital Launch Vehicle===
The Nano-Satellite Orbital Launch Vehicle, or N-SOLV, was a vehicle designed to carry a 10&nbsp;kg payload to orbit. The corporation planned to sell the launch service for under a million United States dollars. The vehicle's intended payload was [[Miniaturized satellite#Nanosatellite|nano-satellites]].

===Rubicon I===
Rubicon I was a test vehicle designed to carry 270&nbsp;kg (or three people) to 100&nbsp;km for under $200,000. The vehicle was destroyed in August 2004 during a launch test due to a propellant formulation error. Rubicon I, launched by Space Transport Corporation of Forks, Washington, was the only other Ansari X Prize entrant to launch during the entire duration of the prize with the exception of Paul Allen and Burt Rutan's winning SpaceShipOne.  ABC Nightline featured both the Rubicon I developers and SpaceShipOne's winning team in its 2004 presentation of the Ansari X Prize.

===Rubicon II===
The Rubicon II was the replacement to Rubicon I. The design was identical to the Rubicon I, except for a few error fixes. As of November 22, 2004, work on the Rubicon II had ceased in favor of the Spartan.