Exotrail is organizing the redeployment of the firm’s governing bodies to support the company’s new phase of expansion. As such, Jean-Luc Maria, co-founder and former CTO, succeeds David Henri as […]
Engines / Thrusters
Space Launch System Rocket Engine Tests Are Successfully Completed By Aerojet Rocketdyne
The Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engine test at NASA’s Stennis Space Center completed the Retrofit-2 test series, which validated modernized, lower-cost components for new RS-25 engines to be used on the […]
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Arkansas Site Ready To Produce Large, Solid Rocket Motors
Aerojet Rocketdyne recently conducted a solid rocket motor test firing that demonstrated the successful transition of large solid rocket motor mix, cast and test operations from Sacramento, California, to its […]
Firefly Aerospace’s First Launch Of Their Alpha Rocket — Anomaly Occurs — Captured Flight Data Encouraging
On September 2nd, Firefly Aerospace Inc. conducted the maiden flight of their Alpha launch vehicle from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. “Firefly has conducted the first test flight of […]
Dawn Aerospace To Empower The Indonesian Space Agency’s Tsunami Warning Satellite Constellation
The National Institute of Aeronautics and Space of Indonesia (LAPAN) has selected Dawn Aerospace‘s green propulsion for a new satellite constellation used for the early detection of Tsunamis. Indonesia, located […]
RFA’s Staged Combustion Engine Tested For More Than Eight Seconds
Launch service provider Rocket Factory Augsburg AG has successfully tested its entire engine with staged combustion over eight seconds. The test, which was conducted in Kiruna, Sweden, represents another important […]
Ad Astra’s VASIMR Plasma Rocket Champions High Power Endurance Test
Ad Astra Rocket Company’s VASIMR® VX-200SS Plasma Rocket has completed 88 hours of continuous operation at 80 kW at the company’s Texas laboratory near Houston. In doing so, the company […]
Ad Astra’s Plasma Rocket Engine Sets Duration/High-Power Firing Time Record
Ad Astra Rocket Company broken a major record for long-duration/high-power firing of the firm’s VASIMR® VX-200SS plasma engine — in doing so, the firm has further advanced the technology of […]
Pay As-You-Go Propulsion Service From Benchmark Space Systems Unlocks OSAM Innovations
Benchmark Space Systems has announced an in-space mobility service that virtually eliminates upfront propulsion equipment costs and boosts on-orbit, servicing, assembly and manufacturing (OSAM) mission revenues by allowing satellite operators […]
Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA): Successful Tests Of Their Full-Scale, Staged-Combustion Engine
Launch service provider Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has announced their successful firing-tests of the company’s full-scale, staged combustion engine. During the 2 second test, which was carried out in Kiruna […]