iRocket, also known as Innovative Rocket Technologies Inc, is a US-based startup founded in 2018 that is focused on building fully reusable small launch vehicles. Their primary product, the Shockwave rocket, is designed for rapid and low-cost deployment of small satellites to LEO, with a focus on reusability and autonomous operation. iRocket has partnerships with organizations like NASA and the U.S. Space Force to support the development and testing of its rocket engine and launch capabilities. Keywords associated with iRocket include reusable launch vehicle, small satellites, rapid launch, and autonomous rockets.
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iRocket signed a four-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with AFRL’s Rocket Propulsion Division on 2023-08-02.
iRocket was awarded a TACFI contract from U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command on 2023-06-28 to support rapid responsive launch capabilities.
Under the CRADA, iRocket plans to conduct propulsion, stage, and potentially grasshopper testing at Test Site 1-56 at the High Thrust Research Facility at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
iRocket signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory West in June 2023 to develop engines and stage technology for its next-generation fully reusable Shockwave launch vehicle.
iRocket signed a $1,800,000 contract with the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command funded through AFWERX and the Air Force Research Laboratory Technology Directorate.
Under the Space Force contract, iRocket will perform a full-duration static fire test of its reusable engine for 120 to 180 seconds.
The reusable engine that iRocket will static-fire produces 15,876 kg of thrust and uses liquid oxygen and methane propellants.
Innovative Rocket Technologies Inc. (iRocket) provides low-cost and rapid access to space with 100% reusable rockets.
iRocket plans to launch its first vehicle in late 2027.
The TACFI award follows a $1,500,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase 2 contract that iRocket received in 2020.
iRocket's engine is designed to produce 15,876 kg of thrust and operate on a combination of liquid oxygen and methane propellants.
iRocket is a New York-based startup founded in 2018 that develops rocket engines and plans to build a small launch vehicle.
iRocket designed a 125-foot-tall launch vehicle called Shockwave that is projected to launch in about five years.
In 2022 iRocket closed a seed funding round led by the early-stage venture capital firm Village Global.
iRocket is a startup building 100% fully reusable rockets for smallsats and constellations intended for Low Earth Orbit via the company’s Shockwave launch vehicle.
iRocket develops launch vehicles capable of supporting rapid launches within 24 hours for 400 kg and 1,500 kg payloads.
Under the Space Act Agreement, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center will provide testing and engineering support of up to $50,000,000 over five years to accelerate iRocket’s next-generation reusable engine development.
iRocket signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama on 2021-07-27.
iRocket planned its first Shockwave launch for 2023.
iRocket plans to launch all rockets from Launch Complex 48 at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.