Rocket Factory Augsburg

[fredymac]

German startup hoping to launch in 2022. Their rocket is roughly the same size/performance as Rocket Lab. I couldn't find a launch price but they state "low cost". They have a video on their website here:

https://www.rfa.space/mission/

 

[Michel Van]

Rocket Factory Augsburg
In June 2023, they became the first European company to complete a full upper-stage test with a staged-combustion Helix engine.

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Rocket Factory Augsburg is developing high-performance, low-cost rockets to make space more accessible than ever before.

www.rfa.space

Now RFA preset ARGO a successor of ESA ATV and its reusable.

The Ultimate Guide to Argo: Our Cost-Effective Cargo Capsule

You asked, we answered! We share everything you need to know about Argo, our cost-effective space cargo capsule.

www.rfa.space

 

[TheKutKu]

Rocket Factory Augsburg
In June 2023, they became the first European company to complete a full upper-stage test with a staged-combustion Helix engine.

Home

Rocket Factory Augsburg is developing high-performance, low-cost rockets to make space more accessible than ever before.

www.rfa.space

Now RFA preset ARGO a successor of ESA ATV and its reusable.

The Ultimate Guide to Argo: Our Cost-Effective Cargo Capsule

You asked, we answered! We share everything you need to know about Argo, our cost-effective space cargo capsule.

www.rfa.space

Ambitious, but playing around with the numbers They’ve given and their IAD model I get terminal speeds noticeably higher (2-3 times at least, minimum 45-50 kph if not more) than a Dragon capsule Splashdown, closer to a SRB splashdown speed, surely this mustn’t be good for bringing cargo back, they say they aren't using parachutes and the IAD "fully covers the deceleration prior to Splash-down",

I think they're gonna use some Soyuz-like retro-rocket (after all, the heatshield-end that will face the reentry plasma includes the Fenix orbital maneuvering thrusters, so adding some landing thrusters there must be possible)

 

[TheKutKu]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1791205454678286682

View: https://twitter.com/n4Cr/status/1791205454678286682

https://twitter.com/x/status/1791215138357334239

View: https://twitter.com/AndrewParsonson/status/1791215138357334239

https://twitter.com/x/status/1791219207771742479

View: https://twitter.com/AndrewParsonson/status/1791219207771742479


Succesful 4 engines static fire test of the RFA One first stage at Saxavord.

 

[Michel Van]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw80qBV7LBc

 

[Michel Van]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRFnGnJzRJQ&t=2209s&pp=ygUSZXZlcnlkYXkgYXN0cm9uYXV0

 

[klem]

German startup hoping to launch in 2022. Their rocket is roughly the same size/performance as Rocket Lab. I couldn't find a launch price but they state "low cost". They have a video on their website here:

https://www.rfa.space/mission/

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I find it a bit of a cool coincidence if there really is one, a German startup called "Rocket Factory Augsburg" whose initials RFA also means "République Fédérale d'Allemagne" in French.

 

[Michel Van]

According this source

https://www.aerosociety.com/media/23637/efs-day-2-valere-girardin.pdf

made RFA study for European Heavy Lift Launchers (EHLL) for ESA
their EHLL looks almost like New Glenn but brings more payload in orbit and is reusable

see also

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/esa-european-heavy-lift-launcher-%E2%80%9Cprotein%E2%80%9D.41450/