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URSA MAJOR

retired
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Launched 6/23/2017
Technical Specifications
Verified technical details
Dry Mass
4 kg
Total Mass
4 kg
Power
Unknown
Design Life
Unknown
Stakeholders

Operator

Universita di Roma la Sapienaza (Scoula di Ingengneria Aerospaziale)

Manufacturer

Universita di Roma la Sapienaza (Scoula di Ingengneria Aerospaziale)
Launch Mission

Cartosat-2(S)/Cubesats

6/23/2017

Entity Mentions
All verified mentions of this entity in source documents

The Day 1 issue of the Show Daily was published on 2018-08-07 and features coverage of Rocket Lab, NASA’s smallsat initiative, Spaceflight, Terran Orbital, Ursa Major, Loft Orbital, Telesat’s LEO constellation, and Maxar’s new smallsat division.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorSourceAug 8, 2018

Ursa Major raised $8,000,000 in funding in fall 2018 with participation from the Space Angels Network.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorSourceAug 7, 2018

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

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorSourceAug 7, 2018

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

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorSourceSep 9, 2018

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

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorSourceSep 9, 2018

Ursa Major delivered 12 Hadley engines so far 2022.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorSourceAug 31, 2022

Ursa Major won a $3,600,000 U.S. Air Force contract to support development of the company’s Hadley liquid engine for small launch vehicles.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorSourceAug 31, 2022

Ursa Major has built and tested more than 50 staged-combustion rocket engines.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorSourceSep 6, 2022

Ursa Major has built and tested more than 50 staged-combustion rocket engines.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorSourceSep 6, 2022

Ursa Major will provide a flight-qualified 5,000-pound-thrust oxygen-rich staged combustion rocket engine named Hadley suited for both booster and upper-stage phases of launches to low-Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorSourceSep 6, 2022

Under the Air Force Research Laboratory contract, Ursa Major will build and test a prototype of its Draper engine for hypersonics and will further develop its 200,000-pound-thrust Arroway engine for space launch.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorSourceMay 23, 2023

Ursa Major won a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory contract on 2023-05-23 to support the development of two of the company’s rocket engines.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorSourceMay 23, 2023

America Makes awarded Ursa Major $3,000,000 in 2021 for the company’s 3D manufacturing lab.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorSourceAug 2, 2023

Ursa Major received additional funding from America Makes on 2023-08-02 to produce 3D printed engine hardware.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorSourceAug 2, 2023

Ursa Major aims to supply solid rocket motors to the U.S. Department of Defense and to partner with other manufacturers.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorSourceNov 20, 2023

Ursa Major raised $138,000,000 in Series D and Series D-1 funding rounds on 2023-11-30.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorSourceNov 30, 2023

One of Ursa Major’s solid rocket motors completed a successful flight test on a Raytheon-built missile for the U.S. Army on 2024-12-18.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorSourceDec 18, 2024

Ursa Major secured a $12,500,000 investment from the Department of Defense’s Office of Strategic Capital with matching funds from the company to further develop its Lynx solid rocket motor manufacturing process.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorSourceDec 18, 2024

Raytheon invested in Ursa Major through its venture capital arm RTX Ventures during Ursa Major’s $138,000,000 funding rounds in 2023.

Mentioned as: Ursa MajorSourceDec 18, 2024