descent shuttle horizont

A fictional military spacecraft form the Kikou Souseiki Mospeada science fiction anime series from the 80s.

The Descent Shuttle Horizont is a type of human combat space shuttle designed for atmospheric reentry operations. The Horizont is the smallest of the ships used by the Mars Base Second and the Jupiter Base Third Earth Reclamation Invasion Fleets and they were painted white and blue. The Horizonts that took part in the Third Invasion Fleet were painted red and dark gray.

The shuttle is also designed to deliver two assault pods attached to its wings. Each assault pod functions as a command post that, once firmly on the ground, opens its hatch and releases mospeada (mecha) troops to join the ground assault forces.

Each Horizont also carries a Legioss mecha attached to a Tread on its underside that is released to fight in orbit and escort the Horizont as it lands on the planet.