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If RFA ONE's first flight succeeds, Rocket Factory Augsburg expects an initial launch cadence of up to four launches per year during the subsequent two years.
Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has resumed the countdown to attempt the inaugural flight of its RFA ONE rocket nearly a year and a half after an accident destroyed the vehicle's first stage during a hot-fire test.
Rocket Factory Augsburg is commissioning its launch pad at SaxaVord Spaceport on the island of Unst off the northern coast of Scotland.
Indulis Kalnins replaced Dr. Stefan Tweraser as Rocket Factory Augsburg CEO in April 2025.
Rocket Factory Augsburg is working toward a hot fire test of the RFA ONE rocket’s first stage.
Rocket Factory Augsburg is working to improve the performance of the RFA ONE rocket in parallel with preparations for the inaugural flight.
Over the last 18 months Rocket Factory Augsburg has manufactured a replacement for the destroyed RFA ONE first stage and upgraded the vehicle’s upper stage.
Rocket Factory Augsburg is transporting the replacement RFA ONE first stage from Augsburg in Germany to the launch site on Unst.
On 10 February Rocket Factory Augsburg raised a new 52-metre-high umbilical tower at SaxaVord Spaceport.
Rocket Factory Augsburg has begun commissioning the repaired and upgraded launch pad at SaxaVord Spaceport.
This story was corrected to clarify that the UK invested €10 million in RFA under ELC funding.
On February 2, 2026 U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivered a policy address at Blue Origin’s Rocket Factory in Merritt Island, Florida that marked an expansion of the Department of Defense’s acquisition reforms into the space domain.
CNES preselected Avio, HyImpulse, Isar Aerospace, MaiaSpace, PLD Space, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and Latitude in July 2022 for allocation at the ELM facility.
Binding Term Sheets were signed by Isar Aerospace, PLD Space, Rocket Factory Augsburg, MaiaSpace, and Latitude to formalize their allocation at the future ELM site.
Launches for the Flight Ticket initiative will use the RFA One rocket from the German company Rocket Factory Augsburg.
Rocket Factory Augsburg holds a launch license from the UK Civil Aviation Authority.
Stefan Brieschenk is chief operating officer of Rocket Factory Augsburg.
The European Space Agency preselected Rocket Factory Augsburg, Isar Aerospace, MaiaSpace, Orbex, and PLD Space as challengers for the European Launcher Challenge in July.
During a 2024 static-fire test at SaxaVord Spaceport, Rocket Factory Augsburg experienced an oxygen-pump fire on one booster engine that spread to other engines and engulfed and destroyed the entire first stage.
The United Kingdom committed €144 million overall to the European Launcher Challenge but allocated only €21.7 million to Orbex and €10 million to Rocket Factory Augsburg, leaving €112.3 million unallocated.