圖4:截至 2022 年 7 月,RFA 已經為階段式燃燒 Helix 火箭引擎進行了一次 40 秒的熱火點火測試。用於執行測試的測試台,主要是由 CompactRIO 分散式系統組成,用來控制與量測火箭引擎、燃料系統與操作人員介面。 相片由 Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) 提供。
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 ...
Photo Credit: Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) RFA’s initial engine test facility started as a group of shipping containers joined together, but its team, missions, and sites are growing immensely. With NI’s help, RFA has been able to engineer more efficiently, flexibly, and qui...
we'll be seeing an increasing number of rocket engine tests. The priority is always safety and Rocket Factory Augsburg and SaxaVord Spaceport planned extensively for this potential outcome. Developing and proving cutting-edge technology is challenging and an important part of the process is to learn...
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 ...
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 ...
Maiaspace must also move fast amid relentless competition. 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. ...
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...
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 ...
German startup Rocket Factory Augsburg has secured €4mn from the UK Space Agency as it prepares for its maiden flight next year.