INNOSPACE’s launch vehicle lineup includes SEBIT, BLACK BIRD, and the HANBIT series of satellite launch vehicles.
Black Bird-R’s pathfinder has been completed and fitted with four movable aerodynamic control surfaces on the first stage.
Nayuta Space plans to conduct a static fire campaign with Black Bird-R’s second stage using a third-party developed liquid methane and liquid oxygen engine.
Nayuta Space plans wind tunnel tests to study Black Bird-R’s aerodynamic profile.
Black Bird-R’s reusable first stage is set to be powered by thirteen engines, each generating 70 tons of thrust.
Nayuta Space has signed a cooperation agreement to produce Black Bird-R’s electrical systems.
Black Bird-R is planned to be about 70 meters tall and 3.8 meters in diameter.
Nayuta Space believes Black Bird-R’s recovery scheme will increase payload margins and reduce costs compared with conventional upright landings.
Black Bird-R’s second stage is set to use one vacuum-optimized engine generating around 80 tons of thrust.
Nayuta Space plans to test Black Bird-R’s first-stage bellyflop landing profile.
Black Bird-R’s first-stage booster recovery scheme uses four aerodynamic surfaces during unpowered descent, a three-engine main landing burn, and six small thrusters for final touchdown.
Nayuta Space revealed several propellant tanks and structures for a Black Bird-R test vehicle in late January.
Nayuta Space is exploring a reusable second stage for Black Bird-R with a similar landing scheme.
Production efforts for Black Bird-R have been underway since October 2025.
Nayuta Space has not identified a date for Black Bird-R’s first flight.
Nayuta Space has placed a significant order for cabling that will be installed across Black Bird-R for data and power.
Black Bird-R is planned to use a 5.2-meter-diameter fairing and burn liquid methane and liquid oxygen in two stages.
Nayuta Space completed its Pre-A1, Pre-A2, and Pre-A3 funding rounds to raise an undisclosed amount of capital for development of the partially reusable Black Bird-R launch vehicle.
The four movable aerodynamic control surfaces on Black Bird-R’s pathfinder have undergone early movement tests.
Nayuta Space has signaled that several enabling tests for Black Bird-R will be completed in 2026.