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Rocket Factory Augsburg is targeting a first launch attempt of its RFA ONE microlauncher from SaxaVord in 2024-04-01.
Rocket Factory Augsburg reached an agreement with the French space agency CNES to offer launch services from the Kourou Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana.
Isar Aerospace and Rocket Factory Augsburg are developing small launch vehicles with first flights that could take place before the end of the year.
German launch vehicle developer Rocket Factory Augsburg reached an agreement with CNES on 2023-06-21 to use the Diamant site.
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG signed a binding term sheet with the French space agency CNES to offer launch services from the Kourou Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana.
RFA ONE will launch from CSG starting in 2025 as part of CNES’ open tender process to open the Kourou Space Center to commercial launch service providers.
Access to the Kourou Space Center enables Rocket Factory Augsburg to offer customers all orbital inclinations from equatorial to polar.
Rocket Factory Augsburg completed the first European upper stage hot-fire test of its kind in May 2023.
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG signed a binding term sheet with the French space agency CNES to offer RFA’s launch services from the Kourou Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana.
Rocket Factory Augsburg’s available orbit portfolio from Kourou includes low-inclination and high-energy trajectories such as GTO, MEO, GEO, lunar, and interplanetary mission profiles.
RFA ONE will launch from CSG starting in 2025 as part of CNES’ open tender process to open Kourou to commercial launch service providers.
Rocket Factory Augsburg will launch from the ELM-Diamant launch complex at CSG in 2025.
RFA’s offered orbits will include low inclination orbits such as GTO, MEO, and GEO and mission profiles including lunar and interplanetary trajectories.
RFA will launch from the ELM-Diamant launch complex at CSG in 2025.
RFA completed a European upper stage hot fire test in May 2023, described in the document as a first of its kind in Europe.
RFA integrated a staged-combustion Helix engine into an upper-stage tank system for the test.
RFA will now focus on the assembly of the first stage and continue construction work on the launch pad.
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) successfully hot-fired its upper stage for a full duration of 280 seconds.
RFA collected valuable data for further engine and stage optimization during the test.
RFA is the first private company in Europe to successfully hot fire a stage with a staged-combustion engine for its full duration.