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Ursa Major Technologies

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www.ursamajor.com/
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Ursa Major’s other engines include Hadley, a 5,000-pound-thrust oxygen-rich staged-combustion engine, and Ripley, a 50,000-pound-thrust engine.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorTechnical ProductJun 9, 2022Now available — 200,000-pound thrust reusable liquid oxygen and methane staged combustion engine, “Arroway”, for medium and heavy launch

Fuel-rich staged-combustion architecture leverages Ursa Major’s experience in closed-cycle technology and provides extensibility to future propellant derivatives.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorOrg RelationshipJun 9, 2022Now available — 200,000-pound thrust reusable liquid oxygen and methane staged combustion engine, “Arroway”, for medium and heavy launch

Ursa Major has built and tested more than 50 staged-combustion rocket engines to date and will deliver 24 of them by year’s end.

Mentioned as: Ursa Major TechnologiesOrg RelationshipJun 9, 2022Now available — 200,000-pound thrust reusable liquid oxygen and methane staged combustion engine, “Arroway”, for medium and heavy launch

Phantom Space Corporation has an agreement to purchase more than 200 rocket engines from Ursa Major.

Mentioned as: Ursa Major TechnologiesNarrative GeneralMay 4, 2022Phantom Space Orders 200+ Rocket Engines From Ursa Major

Ursa Major was named one of the best places to work by Built In Colorado two years in a row.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorOrg RelationshipMay 4, 2022Phantom Space Orders 200+ Rocket Engines From Ursa Major

Under the agreement, Ursa Major will supply numerous Ripley engines for planned upgrades to Phantom Space’s Daytona vehicle.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorOrg RelationshipMay 4, 2022Phantom Space Orders 200+ Rocket Engines From Ursa Major

Phantom Space plans to use Ursa Major Hadley engines to enable the Daytona rocket’s orbital launch in 2023.

Mentioned as: Ursa Major TechnologiesOrg RelationshipMay 4, 2022Phantom Space Orders 200+ Rocket Engines From Ursa Major

Stratolaunch is working with Ursa Major Technologies in qualification testing of the engine that will propel TA-1.

Mentioned as: Ursa Major TechnologiesOrg RelationshipJan 16, 2022Stratolaunch plane flies again as company prepares for hypersonic tests

Ursa Major closed an $85,000,000 Series C fundraising round on 2021-12-07.

Mentioned as: Ursa Major TechnologiesNarrative FinancialDec 7, 2021Rocket engine supplier Ursa Major raises $85 million in new funding round

Ursa Major has received several research-and-development contracts from commercial customers and the U.S. government through 2022.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorOrg RelationshipDec 7, 2021Rocket engine supplier Ursa Major raises $85 million in new funding round

Ursa Major is developing a 35,000-pound-thrust liquid oxygen and kerosene engine named Ripley.

Mentioned as: Ursa Major TechnologiesNarrative GeneralMay 3, 2021Rocket engine startup sees opportunities in crowded launch market

Ursa Major has raised $40,000,000 in private funds to fund its operations and research.

Mentioned as: Ursa Major TechnologiesTechnical ProductMay 3, 2021Rocket engine startup sees opportunities in crowded launch market

Ursa Major Technologies has raised more than $40,000,000 in private funding.

Mentioned as: Ursa Major TechnologiesTechnical ProductApr 28, 2021Former Air Force procurement chief Will Roper joins board of space startup Ursa Major

Ursa Major Technologies is working with Generation Orbit Launch Services to develop the X-60A hypersonic flight research vehicle.

Mentioned as: Ursa Major TechnologiesOrg RelationshipApr 28, 2021Former Air Force procurement chief Will Roper joins board of space startup Ursa Major

ABL Space Systems moved engine production in-house after originally planning to purchase engines from Ursa Major Technologies.

Mentioned as: Ursa Major TechnologiesOrg RelationshipFeb 1, 2019ABL Space Systems increases performance and cuts price of its small launch vehicle

Ursa Major anticipates completing the 35,000-pound-thrust Ripley engine in 2020.

Mentioned as: Ursa Major TechnologiesOrg RelationshipSep 9, 2018Ursa Major Technologies wants outsourcing engines to be the norm

Ursa Major raised $8,000,000 last fall with participation from the Space Angels Network.

Mentioned as: Ursa Major TechnologiesOrg RelationshipSep 9, 2018Ursa Major Technologies wants outsourcing engines to be the norm

Atlanta-based Generation Orbit plans to use Ursa Major’s Hadley engine on its air-launched GOLauncher-1 vehicle.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorTechnical ProductSep 9, 2018Ursa Major Technologies wants outsourcing engines to be the norm

Ursa Major tests its engines at a facility an hour north of Denver that once belonged to Ball Aerospace.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorOrg RelationshipSep 9, 2018Ursa Major Technologies wants outsourcing engines to be the norm

Ursa Major designed its Hadley engine using an oxidizer-rich staged combustion cycle.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorTechnical ProductSep 9, 2018Ursa Major Technologies wants outsourcing engines to be the norm
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