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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Rocket Factory Augsburg AG was founded in 2018 with the mission to significantly reduce launch costs in the space industry.
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG will launch Neutron Star Systems’ demonstrator mission in 2023-07-01 on the RFA ONE launch system.
Neutron Star Systems UG and Rocket Factory Augsburg AG signed an agreement to launch a demonstrator mission into Low Earth Orbit.
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG’s goal is 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.
Dr. Stefan Tweraser became Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rocket Factory Augsburg AG on 2021-10-01.
Rocket Factory Augsburg’s goal is 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.
Rocket Factory Augsburg was founded in 2018 with the mission to significantly reduce launch costs in the space industry.
Isar Aerospace won the German Space Agency DLR’s microlauncher competition, beating Rocket Factory Augsburg and HyImpulse Technologies, to secure an 11-million-euro prize.
United Launch Alliance will start integrating delivered BE-4 flight engines into a flight booster at its rocket factory in Decatur, Alabama.
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG's staged-combustion engine and orbital stage enable payload capacity increases of up to 30 percent to the desired orbit.
In June, Rocket Factory Augsburg AG completed a two-second hot fire test that made it the first Western European company to commission a staged combustion engine.
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG is the ninth company worldwide to have successfully tested a full-scale rocket engine with staged combustion.
Rocket Factory Augsburg is the ninth company worldwide to have successfully tested a full-scale rocket engine using staged combustion.
Rocket Factory Augsburg successfully performed a 2-second firing test of its full-scale staged combustion engine in Kiruna, Sweden.
At the start of May, Rocket Factory Augsburg completed a power-pack test in which the turbopump and pre-burner operated in a stable, steady-state thermo-mechanical condition for a total burn time of 8 seconds.
Rocket Factory Augsburg launched a 25-million-euro financing round aimed at setting up serial production of its rocket priced at 3,000,000 EUR per launch.
Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and HyImpulse Technologies each received 500,000 EUR in ESA Boost! funding in November to fund specific development goals.
All three companies that qualified for the DLR competition—Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and HyImpulse Technologies—remain eligible to compete for an additional 11,000,000 EUR to be awarded under Boost! in 2022.
Rocket Factory Augsburg is designing the RFA One rocket to carry 1,300 kg to a 300-kilometer polar orbit.
Rocket Factory Augsburg completed an initial ignition test of the rocket engine that will power the RFA One.