Dolphin - Dolphin launch vehicle test 17,520 bytes. 178 x 487 pixels.

The Dolphin hybrid rocket (solid fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer) was built by Starstruck (formerly ARC Technology), a predecessor to AMROC. The Dolphin included not only innovative propulsion technology but was also launched from a floating launch cannister at sea. One test article of the hybrid was successfully launched in the summer of 1984. But the project was backed entirely with private funds and when backing for further development was not forthcoming, the project folded.

• Dolphin hybrid rocket successfully launched from sea

  The Dolphin included not only innovative hybrid propulsion technology but was also launched from a floating launch cannister at sea. But the project was backed entirely with private funds and when further funding was not forthcoming, the project folded.