Tag: Launch Vehicle Engines
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MaiaSpace Gains Momentum with its Reusable Mini-Launcher
As the fall season arrives, MaiaSpace looks back on key milestones reached during this past summer. On July 26, 2023, the team at MaiaSpace successfully performed a cryogenic filling test of its full-scale Upper Stage qualification model. The test took place at ArianeGroup’s test facilities in Vernon. This second stage has been designed, built, and…
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ESA Conducts Successful Engine Tests for All-New Ariane 6 Launch Vehicle
Validation testing continues for ESA’s all-new Ariane 6 launch vehicle, with the firing of its two upper-stage engines to simulate the way they will have to operate together during a flight. The test of the full upper stage including the new Vinci engine and a smaller Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) took place on a purpose-built…
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Ursa Major Extends Partnership with America Makes for Advanced Rocket Engine Technology
Ursa Major, America’s privately funded company focused solely on rocket propulsion, announced it received additional funding from America Makes, an Ohio-based organization that aims to accelerate U.S. manufacturing competitiveness through the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM). Ursa Major and America Makes began their relationship in 2021 with the establishment of the Ursa Major Advanced Manufacturing…
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Lockheed Martin Wins Contract from DARPA to Develop Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft
Lockheed Martin has won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and demonstrate a nuclear-powered spacecraft under a project called Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO). The project will represent a rapid advancement in propulsion technology to benefit exploration and national defense. DARPA partnered with NASA’s Space Technology Mission…
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ISRO Conducts First Hot Test of Semi-Cryogenic Engine at IPRC
The Indian Space Research Organisation conducted the first hot test on an intermediate configuration of the Semi-cryogenic Engine, known as Power Head Test Article (PHTA) at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu on July 1, 2023. The test was conducted towards developing a 2000 kN thrust semi-cryogenic engine to power the booster stages of…
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Pulsar Fusion Partners with Princeton Satellite Systems to Apply Nuclear Fusion Propulsion for Future Space Travel
Pulsar Fusion, developers of clean space propulsion systems and services through fusion, has entered into a partnership with Princeton Satellite Systems (PSS) to apply machine learning to study data from the Princeton field-reverse configuration (PFRC-2) reactor to advance the delivery of practical fusion-propelled spacecraft that can make interstellar space travel practical. The study will help…
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Ursa Major Announces Storable Liquid Draper Rocket Engine For Hypersonics Defense
Ursa Major, America’s privately funded company that focuses solely on rocket propulsion, is excited to introduce Draper, a revolutionary new engine designed to defend against hypersonic weapons. Draper is a storable, 4,000-pound-thrust closed catalyst cycle engine that uses storable hydrogen-peroxide/kerosene propellant, making it ideal for small hypersonic defense vehicles that need to launch on demand.…
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Ursa Major to Provide Hypersonics and Space Launch Capabilities for Air Force Research Laboratory
Ursa Major, America’s privately funded company focused solely on rocket propulsion, announced a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to advance U.S. hyper sonics defense programs and space launch capabilities. Under the contract, Ursa Major will build and test a prototype of its new Draper engine for hyper sonics, and further develop its…
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Ursa Major to Provide Upper Stage Rocket Engines for Astra’s Rocket 4
Ursa Major, America’s privately funded company that focuses solely on rocket propulsion, announced an agreement with Astra that will support next-generation communications, national security and defense, and Earth observation. Under the agreement, Ursa Major will provide Hadley engines for the upper stage of Astra’s Launch System 2 on its newly architected, higher-capacity Rocket 4 launch…
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South Korea Set to Launch First Commercial-Grade Satellite
South Korea plans to conduct its first launch of a commercial-grade satellite aboard a domestically built rocket next month as part of its space development program. South Korea’s officials say its homegrown Nuri space launch vehicle has no military purposes. But some experts say the development of such rockets would eventually help the country acquire…