Tag: Launch Vehicle Engines
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GKN Aerospace Signs a Contract with ArianeGroup for Ariane 6 Rocket Engine Subsystems
GKN Aerospace has signed a contract with ArianeGroup to supply the next phase of Ariane 6 turbines and Vulcain nozzles. The contract includes the manufacturing and supply of units for the next 14 Ariane 6 launchers, to be produced from now until 2025. GKN Aerospace, at its Trollhättan site in Sweden, is currently focused on…
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SpaceChain Launches Ethereum Virtual Machine Payload Enabling High-Speed Blockchain Processing in Space
SpaceChain announced that it has successfully launched its second Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) payload into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which is on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) for installation via the SpaceX Dragon 2 spacecraft. The mission marks SpaceChain’s seventh successful blockchain payload launch into space, and the second…
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Phantom Space Successfully Conducts Hot Fire Test for its Daytona Launch System
Phantom Space Corporation (Phantom), a space applications company providing launch services and satellite manufacturing to business and government clients, announced that it has successfully conducted hot fire test at Spaceport America in New Mexico. Phantom’s pathfinder test stage, equipped with a single Hadley engine supplied by Ursa Major, completed a 60-second hot fire test to…
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Gilmour Space Successfully Completes Final Qualification Test Fire of Sirius Hybrid Rocket Engine
Australian rocket engineers at Gilmour Space Technologies have successfully completed the final qualification test fire of its Sirius hybrid rocket engine, paving the way for the country’s first orbital launch attempt of an Australian-made rocket next year. The Queensland-based launch company is developing Eris, a three-stage rocket that could provide a cost-effective and greener alternative…
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Rocket Lab Opens Archimedes Engine Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center
Rocket Lab USA, a launch and space systems company, has kicked off operations for testing the Archimedes engine with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The Archimedes Test Complex will be home to engine testing for the 165,000 lbf engines to be used on Rocket Lab’s reusable Neutron rocket. The Archimedes…
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ULA Sets Path Forward for Inaugural Vulcan Flight Test
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is nearing completion of the development of the next-generation Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle and sets the path for its first launch early next year. “We could not be more excited to be this close to seeing Vulcan lift off on its inaugural flight,” said Tory Bruno, ULA’s president, and CEO.…
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Firefly Aerospace Alpha Rocket Successfully Reaches Orbit and Deploys Customer Payloads
Firefly Aerospace, a space transportation company that offers launch, spacecraft, and in-space services, announced that its Alpha FLTA002 mission has successfully reached orbit and deployed customer payloads. The rocket had lifted off on October 1 at 12:01 am PST from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. With the success of this mission, Firefly is now…
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Rocket Lab Selects NASA Stennis Space Center to Test Neutron’s Reusable Archimedes Engines
Rocket Lab, a leading launch and space systems company, revealed it has selected NASA’s historic Stennis Space Center in Mississippi as the location of its engine test facility for its reusable rocket, Neutron. The Archimedes Test Complex will be located within the larger A Test Complex at Stennis Space Center across a 1 million square…
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Dawn Aerospace Spaceplane Ready for Rocket Powered Flight Using Jet Engines
Dawn Aerospace has completed 48 flights over the last 13 months of their spaceplane technology demonstrator, the Mk-II Aurora, to complete Phase One testing of the vehicle using surrogate jet engines. Tests of the vehicle under rocket power are expected before the end of the year. Phase One demonstrated all non-rocket systems on the spaceplane,…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Test Fires Reused Rutherford Engine
Rocket Lab USA, one of the leading launch and space systems companies, has successfully test-fired a reused Rutherford first stage engine for the first time a significant technical achievement in the company’s efforts to make its Electron launch vehicle the world’s first reusable orbital small rocket. Rocket Lab conducted the full duration, full-thrust test fire…