Itβs unclear which of the launch startups can make it over the #technical hurdles to host regular and reliable launches from #European πͺπΊ launch sites. Given the demand for their services, long-term success for launchers will depend almost entirely on their internal #economics as opposed to external market forces https://payloadspace.com/european-launchers-are-racking-up-bookings/
#orbex
#IsarAerospace, #MaiaSpace, #PLDSpace and #RFA each received at least 169 million π° euros, while #Orbex received just 34.9 million πΆ euros. The #UK π¬π§ provided most of Orbexβs funding at 21.7 million euros, with #Denmark π©π° adding 8 million euros. The #Czech Republic, #Germany and #Portugal made smaller contributions https://spacenews.com/orbex-trails-other-european-launcher-challenge-companies-as-u-k-delays-funding-decision/
Orbex trails other European Launcher Challenge companies as U.K. delays funding decision
π #ESA πͺπΊ Launcher Challenge Component A/B : launch services, upgrades
π©πͺ #RocketFactory Augsburg β¬15.3, β¬165.21 mn
#IsarAerospace β¬23.05, β¬153.80 mn
#MaiaSpace β¬4.20 mn, β¬100,000
#Orbex β¬100,000, β¬1.7 mn
πͺπΈ #PLDSpace β¬36.77, β¬132.23 mn
π«π· #MaiaSpace β¬179 mn
π¬π§ #Orbex β¬10, β¬11.7 mn
#RocketFactory Augsburg β¬10 mn
π³π΄ #IsarAerospace β¬5, β¬20 mn
π¨πΏ #Orbex β¬100,000
π¦πΉ #IsarAerospace β¬3.80 mn
π©π° #Orbex β¬1.00, β¬7,00 mn
π΅πΉ #Orbex β¬3.30 mn
π¨π #MaiaSpace β¬1.00 mn
π³π± 0
amount β¬902.16 million π°https://europeanspaceflight.com/over-e900-million-committed-to-european-launcher-challenge/
πͺπΈ #PLDSpace is targeting a production rate of 32 #Miura 5 launchers annually by 2030 https://payloadspace.com/plds-industrial-strategy-targets-32-rockets-a-year-by-2030
πͺπΊ #EuropeanLauncherChallenge : π©πͺ #IsarAerospace, #RocketFactory Augsburg, π«π· #MaiaSpace, π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ #Orbex, πͺπΈ #PLDSpace https://payloadspace.com/esa-selects-finalists-for-european-launch-challenge
Sizing up the 5 companies selected for Europeβs launcher challenge https://arstechni.ca/g74H #rocketfactoryAugsburg #europeanspaceagency #isaraerospace #MaiaSpace #pldspace #Science #europe #launch #Space #orbex
ESA prepares downselect for European Launcher Challenge
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/esa-prepares-downselect-for-european-launcher-challenge/
#Orbex dismayed the Scottish π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ government in December last year when, with little warning, it pulled the plug on building its own #spaceport, in #Sutherland. The UK βdoesnβt need the capacity for two spaceports right nowβ. The question is, will it ever ? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/03/02/meet-space-entrepreneur-phil-chambers-break-reliance-musk/
Orbex has won a new contract with D-Orbit for two launches aboard Orbex Prime, the companyβs micro-launcher, over the course of the next three years. Orbex announced the deal, Feb. 3. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
#orbex #d-orbit #prime #SaxaVord #Shetland π¬π§
Orbex Wins Launch Contract Wit...
Starting in π 2025, at least two #European πͺπΊ launch startups (#IsarAerospace and #RocketFactory Augsburg) expect to offer more choices for both institutional and commercial customers. The field will continue to widen toward the close of the decade, with #MaiaSpace, #Latitude, #HyImpulse, #HyPrSpace, #Orbex, #PLDSpace, and #Skyrora all working toward an inaugural flight of their respective vehicles. https://europeanspaceflight.com/arianegroup-already-working-to-secure-iris2-launch-contract
#Orbex : βThe first orbital #spaceflight from the #UK π¬π§ has come a step closer following the Highland Councilβs decision for the #Sutherland #spaceportβ.
Other private aerospace companies have also developed #3Dprinted rocket engines :
β’ #RocketCrafters has successfully completed a series of tests ahead of a planned test flight later this year.
β’ #RocketLab's #Electron
β’ #RelativitySpace will develop βthe worldβs first fully 3D printed rocket.β
#Orbex will receive β¬5.6 million, #IsarAerospace β¬15 million, and both #RocketFactory Augsburg and #HyImpulse β¬11.8 million each https://europeanspaceflight.com/esa-awards-e44-2m-in-funding-to-four-european-rocket-builders
π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ #Orbex #Sutherland : βWe expect the #spaceport to be ready in early spring of next yearβ https://spacenews.com/orbex-working-towards-2025-first-launch
β’ #SpinLaunch - centrifuge
β’ #GreenLaunch - cannon
β’ #PLDSpace - rocket
β’ #ImpulseSpace - in-space propulsion
β’ #ClearSpace - #SpaceDebris cleanup
β’ #Orbex - biopropane rocket
β’ #Astroscale - #SpaceDebris cleanup, #satellite refueling
β’ #RelativitySpace - #3DPrinted rocket
β’ #SpacePioneer - liquid propellant rocket
β’ #Gravitics - modular #SpaceStation
https://interestingengineering.com/lists/10-space-startups-eye-on-2024
At the end of π 2022, the total funding πΆ secured by all #European πͺπΊ launch startups since 2011 was β¬419 million. In π 2023, that figure rose to β¬781 million, an 86% increase π in the industry's total funding to date. In the first month and a half of π 2024 alone, another β¬70.5 million has been added to that figure. With the addition of that early 2024 funding, the total comes to β¬850 million π° https://europeanspaceflight.substack.com/p/state-of-european-launch-startup
#Orbex #PLDSpace #MaiaSpace #RocketFactory #Augsburg #RFA #IsarAerospace
πͺπΊ Top #European Launch Companies of π 2023
β’ #ArianeGroup - Love em or hate em, ArianeGroup remains, for now, the dominant force in the European launch industry
β’ #PLDSpace - successfully launched the first flight of its suborbital #Miura1
β’ #Avio - partially successful orbital launch aboard a #Vega rocket
β’ #IsarAerospace - completed a total of 124 hot fire tests of its Aquila engine
β’ #RocketFactory Augsburg - relying on the timely completion of #SaxaVord to conduct its maiden flight
β’ #HyImpulse - #SaxaVord was not ready to host the launch
β’ #MaiaSpace - first successful hot fire test of a #Prometheus engine
β’ #Latitude - hot fire test campaign of its #Navier engine
β’ #Orbex - journey to build its own launch facility officially kicked off in May
β’ #BayernChemie - #RedKite rocket launched from #Andoya
https://europeanspaceflight.com/top-european-launch-companies-of-2023/
Organizations to build the technology to #deorbit β€΅οΈ #SpaceDebris ποΈ
β’ #Astroscale
β’ #ClearSpace
β’ #Neuraspace
β’ #ShareMySpace
β’ #Airbus
β’ #Vyoma
β’ #TransAstra
β’ #Orbex
β’ #Kyoto University
β’ #ESA
β’ #IAU CPS
https://interestingengineering.com/lists/11-organizations-space-debris-problem
The new #Ariane 6 rocket, which is running four years late β³ and still hasn't flown, should be the last #LaunchVehicle developed by #ESA, which will launch a competition of #launchers without weight class limitations. The field of startup launch companies in #Europe πͺπΊ includes German π©πͺ firms like #HyImpulse, #RocketFactory Augsburg, and #IsarAerospace; British π¬π§ companies such as #Skyrora and #Orbex; and Spain's πͺπΈ #PLDSpace. #ESA will use around 75 million euros π° to pay for the early stages of the #cargo π¦ challenge, which #Aschbacher expects will result in three companies competing with one another https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/11/after-the-sting-of-ariane-6-europe-finally-embraces-commercial-rockets/
Baubeginn in Sutherland, dem ersten Startplatz und Raumfahrtzentrum auf dem britischen Festland
14,6 Millionen Pfund ΓΆffentliches Investitionspaket fΓΌr klimaneutrales Raumfahrtprojekt bestΓ€tigt. Eine Pressemitteilung von Orbex. (sg) #Orbex
https://www.raumfahrer.net/baubeginn-in-sutherland-dem-ersten-startplatz-und-raumfahrtzentrum-auf-dem-britischen-festland/
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