Ursa Major Technologies is an American aerospace company and independent rocket propulsion provider specializing in the design, testing, and manufacturing of rocket engines for space launch and hypersonic applications. They offer high-performance liquid rocket engines like the Hadley, Ripley, Draper and Arroway, as well as solid rocket motors. Ursa Major serves commercial space enterprises, defense contractors, and the U.S. government, with customers including Phantom Space, Stratolaunch, and RTX's Raytheon. Key activities include advanced manufacturing techniques like 3D printing to optimize production and reduce costs.
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Ursa Major agreed with Vector Launch to supply several 5,000-pound-thrust Hadley engines to power the main stage of Vector-R launch vehicles to demonstrate capabilities for future missions.
The Daytona rocket is powered by ten Hadley engines supplied by Ursa Major of Colorado.
Phantom purchased more than 200 rocket engines from Ursa Major Technologies, including the 5,000-pound-thrust Hadley engine used in the hot fire test.
Phantom’s pathfinder test stage was equipped with a single Hadley engine supplied by Ursa Major Technologies.
Phantom Space purchased more than 200 rocket engines from Ursa Major Technologies, including the Hadley engine used in the hot fire test.
Ursa Major will provide a flight-qualified 5,000-pound-thrust oxygen-rich staged combustion rocket engine named Hadley suited for both booster and upper-stage phases of launches to low-Earth orbit.
Ursa Major has delivered numerous Hadley engines to customers from its integrated 90-acre Colorado facility that houses engineering, manufacturing, and testing functions on a single property.
Ursa Major will provide a flight-qualified 5,000-pound-thrust, oxygen-rich staged combustion Hadley rocket engine suited for both booster and upper-stage phases of launches for satellites into low-Earth orbit.
As part of the AFRL contract, Ursa Major will provide the Air Force Research Laboratory with statistically significant data sets from extensive testing of multiple Hadley engines, including measurements of specific impulse, combustion stability, vibration and shock profiles, and ranges of inlet pressures and temperatures.
Ursa Major plans to deliver 30 engines to customers by year-end.
Ursa Major has built and tested more than 50 staged-combustion rocket engines.
Hadley was developed by Ursa Major’s propulsion team whose members have more than 1,000 combined years of engine development experience.
Ursa Major plans to deliver 30 engines to customers by year-end.
As part of the AFRL contract deliverables, Ursa Major will provide statistically significant data sets from extensive testing of multiple Hadley engines including measurements of specific impulse (ISP), combustion stability, vibration and shock profiles, and ranges of inlet pressures and temperatures.
Hadley was developed by Ursa Major’s propulsion team that has more than 1,000 combined years of engine development experience.
Ursa Major has built and tested more than 50 staged-combustion rocket engines.
Ursa Major has delivered numerous Hadley engines to customers from its integrated 90-acre Colorado facility that houses engineering, manufacturing, and testing functions on a single property.
Ursa Major won a $3,600,000 U.S. Air Force contract to support development of the company’s Hadley liquid engine for small launch vehicles.
Ursa Major is developing a larger engine called Ripley that can generate 22,680 kg of thrust.
Ursa Major delivered 12 Hadley engines so far 2022.