{"id":69171,"date":"2016-12-20T20:10:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T12:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/vector-space-systems-tests-first-stage-engine-secures-rocket-factory\/"},"modified":"2016-12-20T20:10:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T12:10:46","slug":"vector-space-systems-tests-first-stage-engine-secures-rocket-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/vector-space-systems-tests-first-stage-engine-secures-rocket-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Vector Space Systems Tests First-Stage Engine, Secures Rocket Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>[Via Satellite 12-20-2016] <strong>Vector Space Systems<\/strong> announced the successful test of its first stage 5,000lbf engine of the Vector R launch vehicle. The engine test, which took place in Mojave, California, featured a single-piece, 3D AM printed injector developed in partnership with <strong>NASA\u2019s<\/strong> Science, Technology, and Mission Directorate (STMD) Flight Opportunities, a program that extends research labs into space-relevant environments by partnering with small satellite launch companies. Earlier this year, NASA provided a grant to Vector to design and test the injector.<\/p>\n<p>Vector continues to pursue the LOX\/Propylene propellant combination, which created the highest thrust to date from a LOX\/Propylene fueled engine. This test of the 5,000lbf on flight fuels serves as a stepping stone to Vector\u2019s first launch of the Vector R slated for 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the successful test last week, Vector announced the Pima County Board of Supervisors\u2019 approval for the land lease to build Vector\u2019s rocket factory in the area. The 25-year deal will have an overall direct and indirect economic impact on the region totaling $290 million over the next five years, with additional job growth of 200 positions expected over the next three years, according to the company.<\/p>\n<p>Vector will be taking bids on the construction of the new facility at the Pima County Aerospace, Defense and Technology Business &amp; Research Park in January 2017. The factory is set to break ground in Spring 2017 and will be the site for the manufacturing of the Vector R and Vector H launch vehicles, which will be transported to sites in Alaska and Florida for subsequent orbital launches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Via Satellite 12-20-2016] Vector Space Systems announced the successful test of its first stage 5,000lbf engine of the Vector R launch vehicle. The engine test, which took place in Mojave, California, featured a single-piece, 3D AM printed injector developed in partnership with NASA\u2019s Science, Technology, and Mission Directorate (STMD) Flight Opportunities, a program that extends [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69171"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}