Tag: Launch Vehicle Engines
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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…
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Relativity Space Shift Towards Blending its Manufacturing Techniques to Speed Up Reusable Rocket Development
Relativity Space announced that they are shifting the strategy in an attempt to accelerate work on the reusable rocket it’s developing. Chief among the changes: adjusting its manufacturing approach to blend its 3D-printing-first approach with traditional metal-bending techniques. The company is going “all in” on developing its larger Terran R rocket, CEO Tim Ellis told…
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56 Starlink Internet Satellites Launched by SpaceX
SpaceX launched its 20th mission of the year, sending 56 of its Starlink internet satellites skyward and landing the returning rocket on a ship at sea. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped with 56 Starlink spacecraft lifted off Friday at 11:43 a.m. EDT from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Falcon 9’s first stage…
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Ursa Major Successfully Completes Hotfire Test Campaign of Ripley Engine
Ursa Major, America’s leading privately funded company focused solely on rocket propulsion, today announced a milestone in the development of its redesigned 50,000-POUND THRUST “Ripley” rocket engine: successful hot fire tests. The test campaign showed the integrated Ripley engine including turbomachinery, oxidizer-rich pre-burner, and additive-manufactured copper thrust chamber assembly firing as a complete system in…
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Ursa Major to Provide Hadley Rocket Engines for Vector Launch’s US National Security Mission
Ursa Major, one of America’s leading privately funded companies focused solely on rocket propulsion, announced an agreement with launch provider Vector Launch to support Vector’s recently awarded U.S. national security contract. Ursa Major will supply several 5,000-pound thrust “Hadley” engines to power the main stage of Vector-R launch vehicles to demonstrate capabilities for future missions.…
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NASA and DARPA Collaborate to Demonstrate Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine
NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a collaboration to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, an enabling capability for NASA crewed missions to Mars. NASA and DARPA will partner on the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations, or DRACO, program. The non-reimbursable agreement designed to benefit both agencies outlines…