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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Mario Kobald, CEO of HyImpulse, expects to receive roughly 500,000 EUR in Boost! funding in the coming months to mature the SL1 design.
HyImpulse successfully tested its 16,800-pounds-force hybrid rocket motor on 2020-09-15 at the German space agency DLR’s Lampoldshausen facility.
HyImpulse’s 2020-09-15 hot-fire test demonstrated that the paraffin/LOX hybrid engine performed on par with liquid hydrocarbon-based fuels.
HyImpulse considers the 2020-09-15 hot-fire test an important step in the company’s bid to secure European Space Agency development funding.
Each of HyImpulse, Isar Aerospace, and Rocket Factory Augsburg applied in the summer for 500,000 EUR in development assistance to mature their designs ahead of competing for follow-on Boost! awards worth 11,000,000 EUR.
HyImpulse plans to sell launches for 10,000,000 EUR each.
HyImpulse received a 2.5 million-euro grant from the European Commission to advance its launcher technology.
The HyImpulse founding team further developed hybrid propulsion and turbopump technology at the DLR Institute of Space Propulsion before leaving the agency in 2018 to form HyImpulse.
HyImpulse plans to launch a sounding rocket in March from the Esrange Space Center in Sweden to test a 75-kilonewton engine intended for its orbital vehicle.
HyImpulse is a startup formed by rocket engineers from the German space agency DLR targeting late 2022 for the first flight of a small launch vehicle designed around hybrid engines.
HyImpulse Technologies received a 500,000-euro award from the German space agency DLR as part of a competition to foster small launch vehicles.
Isar Aerospace, HyImpulse Technologies, and Rocket Factory Augsburg will use the DLR funds to further develop their launch vehicles ahead of a follow-on competition in spring 2021.