Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) 以太空飛航普及化與降低發射成本為目標,該公司每週運用一台最大酬載達 1.3 噸的 RFA One 火箭,將衛星送入低地球軌道,此方式不僅非常精確、靈活性高,其成本也較低。 RFA ONE 發射器是一款中型火箭:高 30 公尺、寬 2 公尺,包含三段式推進,燃料槽由不鏽鋼打造而成。...
German startup Rocket Factory Augsburg has signed a contract with the Norwegian launch facility Andøya Spaceport for a 2022 maiden flight of the company’s RFA One small-satellite launch vehicle. "This agreement secures launch capacity to cover the first years of operation for us. We are very...
Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has received a 3.5m funding boost from the UK Space Agency to support its plans for launching satellites from the SaxaVord spaceport in the Shetland Islands. The funding, provided through the European Space Agency's Boost! program, will be given to RFA's UK ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain gave the green light to Rocket Factory Augsburg to launch satellites from a site in northern Scotland on Thursday, potentially paving the way for regular commercial space missions from European soil. Following the granting of the licence, German company RFA's 30 metre ...
No one was injured in the epic blaze,according toThe BBC, which was set off during a round of testing for the German spacefaring company Rocket Factory Augsburg's (RFA) vertical rocket, meaning it takes off from anupright positiondirectly from a launchpad — a complex launch process that de...
Rocket Factory Augsburg has already officially received itsspaceflightoperator licence for Saxavord from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). This gives a green light for Scotland to host the first European vertical launch. RFA is a German company, however, so would be a German launch ...
They come on the heels of another company’s explosive rocket failure: The first stage of Europe’s first commercial rocket, made by Rocket Factory Augsburg, RFA, exploded dramatically on its Scottish launch stand during testing. In a statement posted on X, controlling the narrative about the ...
Germany's Rocket Factory Augsburg is also developing a rocket designed ultimately to be partially reusable, RFA ONE, though it suffered a setback when a test engine exploded this year. Like most of its peers, Maiaspace will also need investment. It pegs development costs at...
RFA One Test FlightUPDATED • DELAYED • DELAY EXPECTED2025SaxaVord UK Spaceport • Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) One • 9 Helix Oxygen Rich Kerolox Engines • Single Helix VAC Second Stage • Orbital Stage • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)...
A hot-fire test of Rocket Factory Augsburg's RFA One ended in explosion at Scotland's SaxaVord spaceport. The test was carried out at the Shetland site yesterday before a planned launch later this year but ended abruptly after the first stage exploded. ...