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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.
Rocket Factory Augsburg has signed launch contracts with the German government and about a dozen other customers for launches starting in 2023.
Rocket Factory Augsburg completed the first test campaign of its Helix flight configuration engine in July 2022.
Rocket Factory Augsburg leverages its location in the German automobile manufacturing hub to minimize launch system costs using a serial production and assembly approach.
Precious Payload added upcoming Rocket Factory Augsburg launches to its Launch.ctrl commercial launch schedule.
RFA ONE is a three-stage, 30-meter rocket that can deliver up to 1,350 kg to a polar Earth orbit.
Rocket Factory Augsburg is developing the RFA One launch vehicle and aims to make its first attempt to reach orbit in late 2023.
Rocket Factory Augsburg has signed launch contracts with the German government and about a dozen other customers for launches starting in 2023.
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.
Planned investments for the Rocket Factory Augsburg test stand and supporting infrastructure at Lampoldshausen are in the single-digit million euro range.
Rocket Factory Augsburg is one of the first New Space companies to be granted the opportunity to test at the Lampoldshausen site.
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.
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.
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.
Rocket Factory Augsburg completed the first test campaign of its Helix flight configuration engine in July 2022.
Rocket Factory Augsburg plans for the RFA ONE rocket to launch up to fifty times per year in the future.
Rocket Factory Augsburg will lease and use the P2.4 test site at DLR’s Lampoldshausen facility.
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.
RFA ONE is a three-stage, 30-meter rocket designed to deliver up to 1,350 kg to a polar Earth orbit.
The deal allows Rocket Factory Augsburg to use the P2.4 test site in Lampoldshausen.