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HyImpulse Technologies

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HyImpulse Technologies is a German aerospace company and a private launch provider specializing in suborbital and orbital launch services using hybrid propulsion systems. As a spin-off from the German Aerospace Center (DLR), they are developing the SR75 sounding rocket and the SL1 small satellite launch vehicle, using paraffin-based fuel and liquid oxygen. HyImpulse aims to offer affordable and frequent access to space for small satellites, and has partnered with companies like Spacemanic for launch contracts.

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HyImpulse has been collaborating with SaxaVord since 2021 and conducted flight motor qualification testing on the Shetland Islands.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.6Nov 15, 2023SaxaVord Spaceport to host HyImpulse orbital rocket launches

SaxaVord Spaceport and HyImpulse Technologies signed a letter of intent at Space Tech Expo Europe in Bremen, Germany on 2023-11-15.

RelationshipsValue 3.8Nov 15, 2023SaxaVord Spaceport to host HyImpulse orbital rocket launches

HyImpulse plans to conduct two suborbital launches from SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland’s Shetland Islands starting in August 2024.

PlanValue 4.0Nov 15, 2023SaxaVord Spaceport to host HyImpulse orbital rocket launches

Southern Launch will host HyImpulse to launch from the Koonibba Test Range near Ceduna in South Australia in 2024.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Nov 14, 2023HyImpulse to launch the SR75 from Southern Launch’s Koonibba Test Range in Australia

HyImpulse in Shetland received £399,000 to create a Shetland-based motor test program for design improvements to an advanced hybrid rocket intended for the company’s sub-orbital and orbital launch vehicles.

FinancialCapabilityPlanValue 4.5Dec 19, 2022UK Space Agency funding in the million£s to support satellite launch sector

HyImpulse Technologies now plans to debut its SL1 orbital launch vehicle in 2024 rather than in late 2022.

PlanValue 4.0Jun 2, 2022Lockheed and ABL’s first UK vertical launch slips into 2023

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.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Sep 8, 2021Isar Aerospace to launch OroraTech wildfire monitoring cubesat constellation

Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and HyImpulse Technologies each received 500,000 EUR in ESA Boost! funding in November to fund specific development goals.

FinancialPlanValue 4.0May 6, 2021Isar Aerospace wins three-way DLR microlauncher competition

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.

FinancialGeneralValue 3.8May 6, 2021Isar Aerospace wins three-way DLR microlauncher competition

HyImpulse Technologies is developing the three-stage SL1 rocket designed to carry payloads of up to 500 kg to low Earth orbit.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0May 6, 2021Isar Aerospace wins three-way DLR microlauncher competition

HyImpulse Technologies is developing the three-stage SL1 launch vehicle designed to carry payloads of up to 500 kg to low Earth orbit.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.3Apr 27, 2021Germany’s launch startups race to grow their launch manifests

HyImpulse Technologies is developing the three-stage SL1 launch vehicle, which is designed to carry payloads of up to 500 kg to low Earth orbit.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Apr 26, 2021German startup Isar Aerospace signs first launch contract

Orbex and Skyrora join German launch startups HyImpulse Technologies, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and Isar Aerospace, each of which were awarded €1.5 million in Boost! funding in November 2020.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.3Mar 24, 2021ESA awards €10.45 million to two UK launch startups

Isar Aerospace is one of three German launch startups to receive a 500,000 EUR grant from the European Space Agency to support small launch vehicle development alongside HyImpulse and Rocket Factory Augsberg.

FinancialRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 10, 2020Isar Aerospace, Orbex raise funding for small launch vehicles

HyImpulse Technologies received a €500,000 ESA support contract under the Boost! program.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.5Nov 4, 2020Three German launch startups win awards worth €1.5 million from ESA

HyImpulse Technologies is developing the three-stage SL1 launch vehicle designed to carry payloads of up to 500 kg to low Earth orbit.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Nov 3, 2020ESA awards €1.5 million to three German launch startups

The European Space Agency awarded HyImpulse Technologies, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and Isar Aerospace a combined 1,500,000 EUR to support development of competing microlaunchers.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.6Nov 3, 2020ESA awards €1.5 million to three German launch startups

The ESA Boost! support contracts to HyImpulse, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and Isar Aerospace were announced on 2020-11-03.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Nov 3, 2020ESA awards €1.5 million to three German launch startups

HyImpulse plans to utilize a single 16,800-pounds-force hybrid rocket motor to power a sounding rocket launched from the Esrange Space Center in Sweden in March.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Sep 25, 2020HyImpulse hybrid rocket motor roars to life for the first time

HyImpulse is developing a three-stage SL1 launch vehicle designed to carry payloads of up to 500 kg to Sun-synchronous orbit.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.2Sep 25, 2020HyImpulse hybrid rocket motor roars to life for the first time
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