Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), founded in 2018, is a German NewSpace company focused on providing affordable and flexible launch services for small satellites. As a launch provider, RFA is currently developing its RFA One rocket, designed for low-Earth orbit missions and aiming to reduce launch costs by using standard industrial components and efficient production technologies. RFA's partners include companies like Conflux Technology and launch sites such as SaxaVord Spaceport, with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) as a customer. Key activities include rocket development, engine testing, and securing launch facilities to offer comprehensive space deployment services.
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The UK Space Agency provided funding to help prepare Rocket Factory Augsburg’s flight from SaxaVord scheduled for 2024.
Rocket Factory Augsburg earlier planned to launch the 30-meter-tall, three-stage RFA One rocket in the last quarter of 2023.
SaxaVord Spaceport has constructed most of the facilities needed to support launches, including a launchpad that will be used exclusively by Rocket Factory Augsburg.
The £3.5 million funding was awarded via the European Space Agency’s Boost! program to RFA UK, Rocket Factory Augsburg’s Scottish launch services subsidiary developing infrastructure and test equipment to support the mission.
Rocket Factory Augsburg currently expects to launch its three-stage, 30-meter-tall RFA One rocket during the three months to the end of June, after a recent delay from the end of 2023.
The UK Space Agency is providing £3.5 million to help Germany’s Rocket Factory Augsburg prepare for its maiden flight next year from SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands.
Two months before the UK Space Agency funding award, Rocket Factory Augsburg received €30 million from global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Rocket Factory Augsburg, Yuri, and ATMOS Space Cargo announced a partnership at the Weltraumkongress in Berlin to launch a joint end-to-end service for microgravity life science research and product development.
Germany’s Isar Aerospace and Rocket Factory Augsburg are developing launch vehicles with first launches projected by 2026.
RFA has signed launch service agreements with ten customers seeking dedicated launches.
Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) plans its first launch of the RFA ONE rocket in the second quarter of 2024 from the Shetland Islands.
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG will use the €30 million investment to facilitate its upcoming integrated first-stage test and to complete its launch pad at SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland.
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG completed an upper-stage hot fire test in May 2023, the first of its kind in Europe.
KKR invested €30 million in Rocket Factory Augsburg AG via a convertible bond.
Rocket Factory Augsburg scheduled the RFA ONE first flight for 2024-04-01.
SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland will host the RFA ONE microlauncher at Rocket Factory Augsburg’s completed launch pad.
Rocket Factory Augsburg reached an agreement with the French space agency CNES to offer launch services from the Kourou Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana.
Rocket Factory Augsburg completed an upper stage hot fire test in May 2023 that was the first of its kind in Europe.
Rocket Factory Augsburg raised €30 million in convertible debt from global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR).
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG received a 30,000,000 EUR investment from KKR via a convertible bond.