Tag: Launch Vehicle Engines
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Anduril and Impulse Space Collaborates for Advanced Maneuverable Space Missions
Anduril Industries is announcing a strategic partnership with Impulse Space, a Redondo Beach-based provider of agile and cost-effective in-space transportation services, to further enable rapid development and delivery of integrated space systems to high-energy orbits for the United States and Allies. The partnership combines Impulse Space’s expertise in highly-maneuverable, high-energy spacecraft with Anduril’s core competencies…
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Ursa Major and U.S. Navy Collaborate on $25M Investment for New Solid Rocket Motor Prototype
Ursa Major, the United States’ privately funded rocket propulsion company, will receive funding from the Department of Defense (DoD) as one of the inaugural recipients of investments from the Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) to strengthen critical supply chain technologies needed for national security. The $12.5 million investment represents a partnership between OSC and the…
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Northrop Grumman Successfully Utilizes Modular Tooling for Large Solid Rocket Motor Case
Northrop Grumman Corporation demonstrated the design and build of its 2024 Solid Motor Annual Rocket Technology Demonstrator (SMART Demo) solid rocket motor case using an innovative modular tooling approach for manufacturing large composite solid rocket motor (SRM) cases. The advanced equipment and hardware used to manufacture the case, called modular mandrel tooling, can be changed…
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Stoke Space Successfully Completes Hotfire Test of Full-Flow Staged-Combustion Engine
Stoke Space announced that it has successfully completed the first hotfire test for its new full-flow, staged-combustion (FFSC) rocket engine. The engine will power the first stage of Nova, the company’s fully reusable medium-lift launch vehicle. Reaching this technical milestone represents a major leap forward for Stoke, as the company is on track to deliver…
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Ursa Major Successfully Conducts Hotfire Test of its Draper Engine
Ursa Major announced the successful March hot fire of its Draper engine at the company’s headquarters in Berthoud, Colorado – a huge milestone for the liquid engine. The development of Draper was announced in May 2023, and with an ambitious goal of hot firing Draper within 12 months, the engine is well ahead of schedule,…
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Northrop Grumman Completes Static Fire Test of First Digitally Designed Solid Rocket Motor
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Common 50 High Performance (C50HP) solid rocket motor successfully completed a static fire test at the U.S. Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Complex. The C50HP is a high-performance upper stage rocket motor that can be adapted to support various missions including flight in the region outside the Earth’s atmosphere or other final…
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ISRO Successfully Conducts Ignition Test on Semi Cryogenic Pre-Burner Ignition Test Article
ISRO is developing a 2000 kN thrust semi-cryogenic engine working on an LOX Kerosene propellant combination for enhancing the payload capability of LVM3 and for future launch vehicles. Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) is the lead centre for the development of semi-cryogenic propulsion systems with the support of other launch vehicle centres of ISRO. The…
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Rocket Lab Completes Assembly of 3D Printed Archimedes Engine for Neutron Launch Vehicle
Rocket Lab USA, a global company in launch services and space systems, announced it has completed the first full assembly of its Archimedes engine, the new 3D-printed, reusable, rocket engine for the Company’s Neutron medium-lift launch vehicle. Rocket Lab has begun an intensive test campaign that will feature a number of engine system activations leading…
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ISRO Achieves Breakthrough with Development of New Carbon-Carbon Nozzle for Rocket Engines
ISRO has achieved a breakthrough in rocket engine technology with the development of a lightweight Carbon-Carbon (C-C) nozzle for rocket engines. This innovation accomplished by Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) promises to enhance the vital parameters of rocket engines, including thrust levels, specific impulse, and thrust-to-weight ratios, thereby boosting the payload capacity of launch vehicles.…
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Orbex Secures Patent for its Reusable Rocket Technology
Orbex has successfully patented its REFLIGHT reusable rocket technology following patent approval in several European markets, based on the patent grant by the European Patent Office, as well as in the United States. The technology is uniquely suited to micro-launcher rockets like Orbex’s Prime rocket since it enables recovery of the launch vehicle by repurposing…