{"id":22203,"date":"2022-05-13T01:16:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T17:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/orbex-unveils-full-scale-biofuel-powered-rocket-set-to-launch-from-carbon-neutral-launch-site\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T01:16:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T17:16:32","slug":"orbex-unveils-full-scale-biofuel-powered-rocket-set-to-launch-from-carbon-neutral-launch-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/orbex-unveils-full-scale-biofuel-powered-rocket-set-to-launch-from-carbon-neutral-launch-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Orbex unveils full-scale biofuel-powered rocket, set to launch from carbon-neutral launch site"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As space becomes a bigger and bigger industry, many satellites have gotten smaller and smaller. Orbex Space hopes to focus on these small satellites with its new vehicle, Orbex Prime. The vehicle was built with its environmental impact in mind. Prime will utilize a low-carbon bio-propane. The company says that this use of this fuel reduces carbon emissions by 90% compared to traditional hydrocarbons.<\/p>\n

Orbex Prime uses the company\u2019s own 3D printed engine, so Orbex Space joins a number of other companies making use of newer forms of manufacturing to improve vehicle and launch capabilities. The company Launcher is making use of a single part, 3D printed combustion chamber, while Rocket Lab uses 3D printed engines on Electron, and Relativity Space\u2019s Terran rocket is entirely 3D printed.<\/p>\n

The most direct comparison to an existing rocket would be Rocket Lab\u2019s Electron<\/p>\n

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