Rocket Factory Augsburg news

RFA receives launch licence from the UK
Augsburg, Germany – January 16th, 2025. Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), a European leader in developing flexible and low-cost launch services, proudly announces that it has officially received its spac...
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Statement on Rocket Factory Augsburg stage loss at SaxaVord Spaceport
On Monday night (August 19, 2024) our client RFA conducted a full nine-engine test of their first stage on the launch stool at SaxaVord Spaceport. Unfortunately there was an anomaly which resulted in ...
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RFA FLIES EIGHT CUSTOMERS ON SECOND FLIGHT
Berlin, 23 November 2023 – Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) and the German Space Agency in the German Aerospace Center (DLR) today announced the winners of the second round of the payload competition for...
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THREE GERMAN NEWSPACE COMPANIES LAUNCH THE "EVA" PROJECT
Three pioneering German NewSpace companies, Rocket Factory Ausburg (RFA), Yuri, and ATMOS Space Cargo (ATMOS) announced their new partnership and launch of their joint end-to-end service for micrograv...
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UK SPACE AGENCY SUPPORTS RFA UK THROUGH BOOST!
Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland – October 27, 2023. Launch service provider RFA UK (Rocket Factory Ltd) has received £3.5 million to support its plans to launch from SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Isla...
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RFA COMPLETES FULL DURATION UPPER STAGE HOT FIRE!
Augsburg, Germany – June 2, 2023. Launch service provider Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) has successfully hot fired its upper stage for a full duration of 280 seconds. This marks the successful comp...
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RFA FIRST LAUNCH TO TAKE PLACE FROM SAXAVORD SPACEPORT
Augsburg, Germany & London, UK, 11th January 2023 – Launch service provider Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) and SaxaVord Spaceport have today announced their launch operations partnership. RFA will h...
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RFA AND DLR SIGN CONTRACT FOR ROCKET ENGINE TEST SITE IN GERMANY
BREMEN – Nov. 16, 2022 – Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) announced at SPACE TECH EXPO EUROPE in Bremen that RFA will build and operate its own test stand at the DLR...
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RFA AND SOUTHERN LAUNCH SIGN AGREEMENT FOR LAUNCH FACILITIES
SINGAPORE, 10 February 2022 (Rocket Factory Augsburg PR) – Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA), Europe’s leading launch service provider, has partnered with Southern Launch, a South Australian rocket lau...
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