Tag: Launch Vehicle Engines
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First Ariane 6 Core Stages Shipped to Europe’s Spaceport
The stages that make up the central core of Europe’s new rocket, Ariane 6, have left mainland Europe and are heading towards Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana. Shipping across the Atlantic, the main stage and upper stage were loaded into the purpose-built hybrid sailing ship Canopée at the harbors of Bremen, Germany, and Le Havre,…
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Phantom and Vaya Space Sign Launch Site Agreement for Commercial Space Launches
Phantom COO Mark Lester and Vaya COO Rob Fabian signed the memorandum of agreement at the Space Mobility Conference, outlining how the two companies will work concurrently at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex 13 (LC-13). For the first time, two launch service providers have agreed to simultaneously operate from a single launch complex.…
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Northrop Grumman’s Solid Rocket Boosters Power ULA’s Vulcan Rocket Maiden Launch
Two of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s extended-length, 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motors (GEM 63XL) solid rocket boosters helped power the inaugural flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Rocket and the first certification (Cert-1) mission. The GEM 63XL boosters are the longest monolithic, single-cast solid rocket boosters ever manufactured and flown. The launch represents the first flight of…
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Venus Aerospace and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center Collaborate on New Engine Tech
Venus Aerospace, one of the hypersonics leaders developing reusable hypersonic flight platforms, has partnered with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center to achieve one of the longest sustained tests of a rotating detonation rocket engine. Venus designs and manufactures hypersonic engines and aircraft for research, defense, and commercial missions. The goal of this partnership was to…
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ULA’s Vulcan Rocket Set to Debut with Upper-Stage Engine Built by Aerojet Rocketdyne
When the next-generation Vulcan rocket developed by United Launch Alliance takes flight for the first time in the coming days, it will usher in a new era for the RL10 upper-stage rocket engine built by Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies company. Versions of the RL10 have been reliably propelling payloads into space for 60 years,…
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Dawn Aerospace Marks Milestone with Successful Full-Duration Test of Mk-II Aurora Rocket Engine
Dawn Aerospace has successfully completed a full-duration, bi-propellant test of the Mk-II Aurora spaceplane’s rocket engine. The Mk-IIA engine was fired for 112 seconds at their test facility in Christchurch, New Zealand. This engine will be fitted to the Mk-II Aurora, a subscale technology demonstrator for the Mk-III – Dawn’s two-stage to-orbit solution for scalable…
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Northrop Grumman Successfully Conducts Static Test Fire of New Solid Rocket Motor
Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully conducted a full-scale static test fire of a new solid rocket motor that was developed in less than a year as part of its Solid Motor Annual Rocket Technology Demonstrator (SMART Demo). The SMART Demo successfully demonstrated several innovative technologies, alternate manufacturing materials and processes to reduce lead times by 75…
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Ursa Major Raises $138 Million for Launching Solid Rocket Motor Line
Ursa Major, one of America’s leading privately funded companies focused solely on rocket propulsion, announced that it closed $138 million in its Series D and D-1 funding rounds. The investments were led by Explorer 1 Fund and Eclipse, and include RTX Ventures, funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Exor Ventures, Mack & Co., LLC, XN,…
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NASA Conducts Third Hot Fire of Artemis Moon Rocket Engine Testing its In-Flight Capability
NASA conducted the third RS-25 engine hot fire in a critical 12-test certification series on Nov. 29, demonstrating a key capability necessary for flight of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket during Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. NASA is conducting a series of tests to certify new manufacturing processes for producing RS-25 engines…
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Firefly Aerospace Completes Successful Hot Fire Test of First Miranda Engine
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, completed the first hot fire test for its Miranda engine that will power the first stage of Northrop Grumman’s Antares 330 and the Medium Launch Vehicle (MLV) the companies are co-developing together. The critical milestone was completed just over a year after signing the initial contract. The turbopump-fed…