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Following Launcher’s October 2020 test fire at NASA’s Stennis Space Center, Launcher purchased an AMCM M 4K for its expansion in Hawthorne, California.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceOrg RelationshipMay 21, 2021Launcher Brings The 3D Printed AMCM M 4K AM System Into Their High Performance E-2 Rocket To Launch Smallsats To LEO

Launcher acquired the AMCM M 4K additive manufacturing system from AMCM, an EOS Group company.

Mentioned as: LauncherOrg RelationshipMay 21, 2021Launcher Brings The 3D Printed AMCM M 4K AM System Into Their High Performance E-2 Rocket To Launch Smallsats To LEO

Launcher’s first rocket engines were built on site at AMCM in Starnberg, Germany in October 2019.

Mentioned as: launcherTechnical ProductMay 21, 2021Launcher Brings The 3D Printed AMCM M 4K AM System Into Their High Performance E-2 Rocket To Launch Smallsats To LEO

With AMCM, Launcher designed and manufactured the world’s largest single-part 3D printed liquid rocket engine combustion chamber.

Mentioned as: LauncherTechnical ProductMay 21, 2021Launcher Brings The 3D Printed AMCM M 4K AM System Into Their High Performance E-2 Rocket To Launch Smallsats To LEO

Arianespace plans a mission from Vostochny Cosmodrome with a Soyuz launcher on 2021-05-27 to deliver 36 satellites into orbit.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceOrg RelationshipMay 20, 2021Arianespace’s ST32 Flight To Move More OneWeb Satellites To Orbit

Aevum likely could not survive as just a small satellite launcher, as eight launches for $40 million is not attractive for most investors.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative FinancialMay 18, 2021Aevum says launching satellites will be side gig for cargo-delivery drone

Aevum received a patent for an 'adaptive autonomous aircraft system with modular payload systems' on May 4, allowing Ravn X to convert between a space launcher and a cargo delivery aircraft.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative GeneralMay 18, 2021Aevum says launching satellites will be side gig for cargo-delivery drone

The goal is for the Alfa Crux nanosatellite to be ready and delivered to the launcher in October or November 2021.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative GeneralApr 30, 2021Alén Space joins the development of a nanosatellite for the Alfa Crux mission from the University of Brasilia

Rocket Factory Augsburg AG is developing the RFA One launcher system for smallsats with a payload performance of up to 1,300 kg to LEO.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceOrg RelationshipApr 27, 2021Additional Launch Contracts Signed By Rocket Factory Augsburg

The ILRS third phase will consist of multiple missions across 2030–2035 and aims to coincide with China testing the Long March 9 super heavy-lift launcher.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative GeneralApr 26, 2021China, Russia open moon base project to international partners, early details emerge

The next round of the German micro-launcher competition will award a launch contract worth €11,000,000 for institutional payloads to be selected by DLR and ESA.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative PlanMar 31, 2021OHB Sweden AB Signs Rocket Factory Augsburg AG To A Dedicated Launch Contract

Rocket Factory Augsburg won the first round of the German micro-launcher competition run by the German Space Agency DLR and received a letter of support to obtain €500,000 of funding within ESA’s Boost! program.

Mentioned as: launcherTechnical ProductMar 31, 2021OHB Sweden AB Signs Rocket Factory Augsburg AG To A Dedicated Launch Contract

Approximately half of Launcher’s employees work in an office in Ukraine supporting design and analysis work on the E-2 engine.

Mentioned as: LauncherTechnical ProductMar 26, 2021Launcher opens California facility to develop small launch vehicle

Rocket-1 was designed to use four E-2 engines in its first stage, while Launcher Light will require only one E-2 engine.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative GeneralMar 26, 2021Launcher opens California facility to develop small launch vehicle

Launcher performed initial tests of the E-2 engine at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi last fall.

Mentioned as: LauncherOrg RelationshipMar 26, 2021Launcher opens California facility to develop small launch vehicle

Launcher is raising a Series A funding round and has completed a first closing.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative GeneralMar 26, 2021Launcher opens California facility to develop small launch vehicle

Pléiades Neo 3 is scheduled to launch in April 2021 on a Vega launcher as the first of the new generation of very high-resolution satellites.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative GeneralMar 25, 2021Pléiades Neo satellites arrive in Kourou for launch

China is developing the Long March 8 into a launcher with a recoverable and reusable first stage.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative GeneralMar 9, 2021China rolls out out new Long March 7A for second launch attempt

U.S.-based microlaunch startup Launcher used a similar AMCM 3D printer to produce test prototypes of its E-2 rocket engine.

Mentioned as: LauncherTechnical ProductFeb 25, 2021Orbex commissions 3D printer capable of producing 35+ rocket engines a year

The Portuguese Space Agency supports the joint effort of RFA Portugal and CEiiA to develop structural components of a new generation micro-launcher in Portugal.

Mentioned as: Launcher SpaceNarrative GeneralFeb 12, 2021Rocket Factory Augsburg AG Signs Their Second Boost! Contract With ESA
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