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Deep Blue Aerospace’s Nebula-1 is a kerosene-liquid oxygen reusable launcher with a payload capacity of 1,000 kg to a 500 km sun-synchronous orbit and a first flight planned in late 2024.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceOrg RelationshipJan 19, 2024China’s Landspace conducts first VTVL test for reusable stainless steel rocket

iSpace’s Hyperbola-3 is a methane-liquid oxygen reusable launcher with a payload capacity of 8,500 kg to LEO and a first flight planned for 2025.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceOrg RelationshipJan 19, 2024China’s Landspace conducts first VTVL test for reusable stainless steel rocket

Galactic Energy plans a rocket-powered hop test with Firebird-6 in 2024 as part of Pallas-1 reusable launcher development.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceOrg RelationshipDec 20, 2023Chinese launch startup Galactic Energy raises $154 million for Pallas-1 reusable rocket

ASCALP is designed to accommodate NewSpace small launcher rockets up to approximately 450,000 kg launch weight and up to 3,000 kg payload weight.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative GeneralDec 20, 2023Equatorial Launch Australia Unveils Completed Designs for Multi-Rocket Reusable Launch Pads

Pallas-1 is a 42-meter-long kerosene-liquid oxygen (kerolox) launcher with a planned capacity of 5,000 kg to low Earth orbit (LEO).

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceTechnical ProductDec 20, 2023Chinese launch startup Galactic Energy raises $154 million for Pallas-1 reusable rocket

The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force reports regularly on progress towards the inaugural flight of the Ariane 6 launcher.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative GeneralDec 18, 2023Ariane 6 joint update report | 2023/12/18

The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force consists of top management from ESA, CNES, ArianeGroup, and Arianespace.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative GeneralDec 18, 2023Ariane 6 joint update report | 2023/12/18

The CTLO3 test sequence included filling and draining the launcher’s upper and core stage tanks with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative GeneralDec 18, 2023Ariane 6 joint update report | 2023/12/18

Orbex Prime is a 19-metre-long micro-launcher designed to launch small satellites into polar and sun-synchronous orbits.

Mentioned as: launcherTechnical ProductDec 14, 2023Orbex Receives £3.3 Million in Funding as Part of ESA's Boost! Initiative

Galactic Energy performed a hop test with a jet engine-powered test article in August 2023 as part of development of the Pallas-1 kerosene-liquid oxygen reusable launcher.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceOrg RelationshipDec 11, 2023China’s reusable rocket race heats up with new hop test

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is developing reusable rockets including a new-generation human-rated launcher for lunar crewed missions and an evolving Long March 9 super heavy-lift launcher.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative GeneralDec 11, 2023China’s reusable rocket race heats up with new hop test

Bechtel selected Sidus Space to manufacture additional cables in support of the NASA Mobile Launcher 2 contract for the Artemis missions.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative GeneralDec 8, 2023Sidus Space awarded additional Bechtel Cable Assembly contract for Mobile Launcher 2

Orbex Prime was unveiled in May 2022 as the first full orbital micro-launcher rocket in Europe.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative GeneralDec 8, 2023Orbex appoints new CCO

Bechtel selected Sidus Space to manufacture additional cables in support of the NASA Mobile Launcher 2 contract for the Artemis missions.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative GeneralDec 6, 2023Sidus Space Selected by Bechtel to Manufacture Additional Cables for Mobile Launcher 2

The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force consists of management from ESA, CNES, ArianeGroup, and Arianespace.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative GeneralNov 30, 2023Ariane 6 joint update report | 2023/11/30

The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force reports regularly on progress towards the inaugural flight of the Ariane 6 launcher.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative GeneralNov 30, 2023Ariane 6 joint update report | 2023/11/30

Intelsat purchased one HummingSat satellite that is scheduled to launch on an Ariane 6 launcher in 2026 to support Intelsat’s media and network customers.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceOrg RelationshipNov 29, 2023ESA and SWISSto12 Sign New Contract Advancing HummingSat into Phase Two of Production

European officials have acknowledged that the continent is in a launcher crisis caused by problems with new rockets like the Ariane 6 and Vega C.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative GeneralNov 27, 2023Europe turns to competition to improve its launch industry’s competitiveness

China is developing full-flow staged-combustion-cycle methane-liquid oxygen (methalox) rocket engines producing 200,000 kg of thrust to power a reusable Long March 9 super heavy-lift launcher.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceOrg RelationshipNov 27, 2023China makes progress on Raptor-like engines for super heavy rocket

Landspace was the first company to reach orbit with a methalox launcher and the second Chinese commercial firm to reach orbit with a liquid propellant launcher.

Mentioned as: launcherTechnical ProductNov 22, 2023China’s Landspace aims to build a stainless steel rocket
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