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 raised $8,000,000 last fall with participation from the Space Angels Network.
Ursa Major raised $8,000,000 in funding in fall 2018 with participation from the Space Angels Network.
The pair of Ripley first-stage engines Ursa Major is designing are intended to deliver a combined 31,751 kg of thrust.
After 16 months of designing and fabricating the first engine, Ursa Major had built eight Hadley engines to date.
Ursa Major anticipates completing the larger 35,000-pound-thrust Ripley engine, also LOX-kerosene, in 2020.
Ursa Major shipped its first product, a 5,000-pound-force liquid oxygen and kerosene engine called Hadley, to customer Generation Orbit in spring 2019.