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The U.K. Space Agency is providing $4,300,000 to fund infrastructure and test equipment needed for Rocket Factory Augsburg’s launch.
Rocket Factory Augsburg and ATMOS Space Cargo are collaborating on the Argo cargo vehicle concept for the ISS.
After its victory in the DLR Microlauncher competition in April 2022, RFA was awarded prize money of 11,000,000 EUR.
SPACEMAST from DLR Braunschweig is a deployable SpaceMast Camera Mast mounted to the Redshift OTV of RFA ONE that can deploy a 7 m composite mast with a camera at its tip.
Rocket Factory Augsburg won the DLR Microlauncher competition organized by the German Space Agency in April 2022 and was awarded €11 million in prize money.
SpaceMast (DLR Braunschweig, Germany) is a deployable camera mast mounted to the Redshift OTV of RFA ONE that deploys a 7 m composite mast with a camera to full or intermediate lengths and can be retracted for OTV transfer maneuvers.
Marco Fuchs is the CEO of OHB, a German aerospace company supporting the small launch vehicle startup Rocket Factory Augsburg.
Rocket Factory Augsburg focuses on developing the RFA One small launcher since the company’s inception in 2018.
The UK Space Agency committed $4,300,000 to assist Rocket Factory Augsburg’s preparatory efforts for its first flight.
Space Tech Expo Europe expanded into Hall 4.1 to host over 550 exhibitors including Spaceflight, Berlin Space Technologies, ArianeGroup, Celestia Technologies Group, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and EnduroSat.
Rocket Factory Augsburg announced a consortium two months before Seville to develop Argo, a cargo service to the ISS and future commercial space stations.
RFA AG plans to provide a regular cadence of launch services from SaxaVord Spaceport as one of the spaceport’s anchor customers.
RFA UK plans to launch the RFA ONE launch system from SaxaVord Spaceport in 2024-04-01.
RFA UK and SaxaVord Spaceport anticipate around 90 skilled jobs will be created locally when SaxaVord reaches full operational capability.
The RFA ONE is a three-stage launch vehicle capable of deploying up to 1,300 kg to a 500 km polar orbit.
RFA UK (Rocket Factory Ltd) received £3.5 million to support its plans to launch from SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands.
RFA UK was established to implement and operate a launch-specific system and test equipment to support RFA AG’s planned launches from SaxaVord Spaceport.
Rocket Factory Augsburg earlier planned to launch the 30-meter-tall, three-stage RFA One rocket in the last quarter of 2023.
The UK Space Agency provided funding to help prepare Rocket Factory Augsburg’s flight from SaxaVord scheduled for 2024.
SaxaVord Spaceport has constructed most of the facilities needed to support launches, including a launchpad that will be used exclusively by Rocket Factory Augsburg.