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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SpaceRyde has opened a 25,000-square-foot orbital-class rocket factory in Concord, Ontario that houses the company’s headquarters, research and development, and rocket manufacturing.
Plus Ultra Space Outposts signed a launch agreement with Rocket Factory Augsburg in late October to deploy its first communications satellite for the moon in the final quarter of 2023.
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG was founded in 2018 with the mission to significantly reduce launch costs in the space industry.
Rocket Factory Augsburg set a goal to develop a launch vehicle prototype by the end of 2022 capable of launching satellites into low Earth orbit on a weekly basis at highly competitive prices.
Southern Launch provides a comprehensive and competitive service to launch Rocket Factory Augsburg AG’s rockets.
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG and Southern Launch first engaged at the International Astronautical Congress in Washington in 2019.
The agreement enables Rocket Factory Augsburg AG to provide flexible, low-cost, and precise launch services with RFA ONE from a regional spaceport in the Asia-Pacific region.
Plus Ultra expects to launch its first satellite in late 2023 with Rocket Factory Augsburg.
Plus Ultra plans to launch its first Harmony satellite in the final quarter of 2023 with Rocket Factory Augsburg under an agreement signed in October.
RFA One is a three-stage rocket designed by Rocket Factory Augsburg to lift 450 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
PLD Space is competing in an unofficial European commercial race to space with German launch startups Isar Aerospace and Rocket Factory Augsburg, both targeting first orbital launches in the second half of 2022.
Plus Ultra Space Outposts signed a launch agreement in late October with Rocket Factory Augsburg to launch Plus Ultra’s first satellite.
Rocket Factory Augsburg is a spinoff from German space technology company OHB and was founded in 2018.
Rocket Factory Augsburg signed a memorandum of understanding with London-based Lúnasa relating to Lúnasa’s reusable orbital transfer vehicle named VIA.
Rocket Factory Augsburg plans to qualify a staged-combustion engine and then build flight engines, conduct long-duration hot-fire tests, build the first stage, and proceed into a flight campaign.
Rocket Factory Augsburg signed a launch contract on 2021-11-18 at Space Tech Expo Europe in Bremen with Ukraine-based Lunar Research Service for the launch of a research mission.
Lúnasa Ltd. and Rocket Factory Augsburg AG will offer small satellite customers flexible and cost-effective launch services under their partnership.
Rocket Factory Augsburg was founded in 2018 with the mission to significantly reduce launch costs in the space industry.
Dr. Stefan Brieschenk, Chief Operating Officer at Rocket Factory Augsburg, believes engines with staged combustion provide higher efficiency, significantly higher payloads, and the best energy, CO2, and cost balance for launch vehicles.
Rocket Factory Augsburg’s stated goal was to develop a launch vehicle prototype by the end of 2022 capable of launching satellites into low Earth orbit on a weekly basis at unmatched prices.