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Rocket Factory Augsburg

DE
commercialFounded 2018
Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
www.rfa.space
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Rocket Factory Augsburg’s stated goal is to offer launch services of up to 1,300 kg into low Earth orbit and beyond on a weekly basis.

Mentioned as: Rocket Factory AugsburgTechnical ProductDec 7, 2022DLR selects seven customers for RFA´s inaugural flight

Rocket Factory Augsburg has signed launch contracts with the German government and about a dozen other customers for launches starting in 2023.

Mentioned as: Rocket Factory AugsburgTechnical ProductNov 28, 2022Precious Payload Includes RFA to its Launch.ctrl Online Platform Providing Updates on RFA Launches

Rocket Factory Augsburg completed the first test campaign of its Helix flight configuration engine in July 2022.

Mentioned as: Rocket Factory AugsburgOrg RelationshipNov 28, 2022Precious Payload Includes RFA to its Launch.ctrl Online Platform Providing Updates on RFA Launches

Rocket Factory Augsburg leverages its location in the German automobile manufacturing hub to minimize launch system costs using a serial production and assembly approach.

Mentioned as: Rocket Factory AugsburgTechnical ProductNov 28, 2022Precious Payload Includes RFA to its Launch.ctrl Online Platform Providing Updates on RFA Launches

Precious Payload added upcoming Rocket Factory Augsburg launches to its Launch.ctrl commercial launch schedule.

Mentioned as: Rocket Factory AugsburgOrg RelationshipNov 28, 2022Precious Payload Includes RFA to its Launch.ctrl Online Platform Providing Updates on RFA Launches

RFA ONE is a three-stage, 30-meter rocket that can deliver up to 1,350 kg to a polar Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: Rocket Factory AugsburgTechnical ProductNov 28, 2022Precious Payload Includes RFA to its Launch.ctrl Online Platform Providing Updates on RFA Launches

Rocket Factory Augsburg is developing the RFA One launch vehicle and aims to make its first attempt to reach orbit in late 2023.

Mentioned as: Rocket Factory AugsburgOrg RelationshipNov 18, 2022Skyrora working towards 2023 orbital launch after suborbital failure

Rocket Factory Augsburg has signed launch contracts with the German government and about a dozen other customers for launches starting in 2023.

Mentioned as: Rocket Factory AugsburgTechnical ProductNov 17, 2022For Europe Precious Payload and Rocket Factory Augsburg to schedule low-cost launches online via Launch.ctrl platform

In mid-2022 Rocket Factory Augsburg fired the Helix engine for the first time for a total duration of 74 seconds, comprising an initial 4-second test followed by two long-duration tests of 30 and 40 seconds.

Mentioned as: Rocket Factory AugsburgTechnical ProductNov 17, 2022Contract signed by Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) + the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for a Helix rocket engine test site in Germany

Planned investments for the Rocket Factory Augsburg test stand and supporting infrastructure at Lampoldshausen are in the single-digit million euro range.

Mentioned as: Rocket Factory AugsburgTechnical ProductNov 17, 2022Contract signed by Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) + the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for a Helix rocket engine test site in Germany

Rocket Factory Augsburg is one of the first New Space companies to be granted the opportunity to test at the Lampoldshausen site.

Mentioned as: Rocket Factory AugsburgTechnical ProductNov 17, 2022Contract signed by Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) + the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for a Helix rocket engine test site in Germany

Rocket Factory Augsburg and the German Aerospace Center will build and operate a dedicated test stand at the DLR site in Lampoldshausen, Germany to test the Helix engine starting in mid-2023.

Mentioned as: Rocket Factory AugsburgOrg RelationshipNov 17, 2022Contract signed by Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) + the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for a Helix rocket engine test site in Germany

Rocket Factory Augsburg is working towards integrated systems testing of its upper stage and Helix engine as the next step toward a first orbital test flight of the RFA One rocket scheduled to follow at the end of 2023.

Mentioned as: Rocket Factory AugsburgTechnical ProductNov 17, 2022Precious Payload partners with Arkisys, Rocket Factory Augsburg to market payload slots and launches

The German Aerospace Center provides the basic infrastructure for testing at the Lampoldshausen site while Rocket Factory Augsburg will supply its own test stand and supporting infrastructure.

Mentioned as: Rocket Factory AugsburgTechnical ProductNov 17, 2022Contract signed by Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) + the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for a Helix rocket engine test site in Germany

Rocket Factory Augsburg completed the first test campaign of its Helix flight configuration engine in July 2022.

Mentioned as: Rocket Factory AugsburgOrg RelationshipNov 17, 2022For Europe Precious Payload and Rocket Factory Augsburg to schedule low-cost launches online via Launch.ctrl platform

Rocket Factory Augsburg plans for the RFA ONE rocket to launch up to fifty times per year in the future.

Mentioned as: Rocket Factory AugsburgTechnical ProductNov 17, 2022For Europe Precious Payload and Rocket Factory Augsburg to schedule low-cost launches online via Launch.ctrl platform

Rocket Factory Augsburg will lease and use the P2.4 test site at DLR’s Lampoldshausen facility.

Mentioned as: rocket factory augsburgNarrative PlanNov 17, 2022Contract signed by Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) + the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for a Helix rocket engine test site in Germany

Precious Payload and Rocket Factory Augsburg agreed on 2022-11-17 to add launches of the RFA One rocket to Precious Payload’s Launch.ctrl marketplace at Space Tech Expo Europe in Bremen, Germany.

Mentioned as: Rocket Factory AugsburgOrg RelationshipNov 17, 2022Precious Payload partners with Arkisys, Rocket Factory Augsburg to market payload slots and launches

RFA ONE is a three-stage, 30-meter rocket designed to deliver up to 1,350 kg to a polar Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: Rocket Factory AugsburgTechnical ProductNov 17, 2022For Europe Precious Payload and Rocket Factory Augsburg to schedule low-cost launches online via Launch.ctrl platform

The deal allows Rocket Factory Augsburg to use the P2.4 test site in Lampoldshausen.

Mentioned as: Rocket Factory AugsburgTechnical ProductNov 16, 2022Rocket Factory Augsburg signs deal to test engines at DLR premises
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