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Stephen Eisele of Virgin Orbit stated that his company had a historic year with Launcher 1, successfully delivering a NASA satellite.
Galactic Energy delivered a payload into orbit in November and plans two launches of its Ceres-1 solid launcher in the second half of 2021.
iSpace is developing a test stage of its Hyperbola-2 methalox launcher for successive hop tests to altitudes of meters, one kilometer, and 100 km in 2021.
The first stage of the 5.2-meter-diameter H3 launcher was unveiled at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Tobishima plant in Aichi Prefecture on 2021-01-24.
Landspace is developing the methalox Zhuque-2 launcher and expects a first expendable launch 2021 before converting the vehicle for reusability.
iSpace is developing Hyperbola-2, a 28-meter-tall, 3.35-meter-diameter liquid oxygen–methane launcher.
The first stage of the Long March 9 launcher will use four dual-nozzle 500-ton-thrust engines sometimes referred to as the YF-130.
China launched the Long March 8 medium-lift launcher in 2020.
The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) designed and produced the Long March 8 launcher.
Initial investigations identified a problem related to the integration of the fourth-stage AVUM Thrust Vector Control (TVC) system as the most likely cause of the loss of control of the launcher.
iSpace plans first-stage hop tests for a reusable launcher in 2021.
Airbus chose Vega C for the CO3D mission because the launcher is suited to deploy multiple small payloads into a target orbit of 500 km.
The new heavy launcher for human deep space missions has not yet received formal approval and could receive backing as part of China’s 2021–2025 Five Year Plan.
Galactic Energy is developing the medium-lift Pallas-1 launcher, which is planned for late 2022, will burn kerosene and liquid oxygen, and will be capable of vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL).
The Pallas-1 launcher will be powered mainly by Cangqiong RP-1/LOX engines producing 40,000 kg of thrust.
Landspace’s planned Zhuque-2 methalox launcher and Galactic Energy’s Pallas-1 are planned to be more capable than iSpace’s Hyperbola-2.
Galactic Energy is developing the kerolox Pallas-1 reusable launcher with a test launch slated for late 2022.
The Long March 8 is a new liquid kerosene–liquid oxygen launcher that builds on technology developed for the Long March 7.
A launcher concept using three five-meter-diameter first stage cores and clusters of YF-100K engines was first displayed in 2018 and appears integral to China’s lunar plans in the 2020 presentation.
Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), the launch arm of OHB SE, was founded in 2018 and is independently developing the RFA One small launcher.