HyImpulse
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HyImpulse is a German private space launch enterprise headquartered in Neuenstadt am Kocher and developing a small launch vehicle designed around hybrid-propellant rockets. The company is a DLR spinoff founded in 2018 out of the chemical propulsion center of the German space agency's Lampoldshausen facility.[1] HyImpulse is bankrolled by Rudolf Schwarz, chairman of German technology company IABG.[2]
The company is developing a three-stage hybrid rocket designed to transport to LEO satellites of up to 500 kg named SL1.[3]
The hybrid rocket engine uses a paraffin-based fuel and liquid oxygen.[4]
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References
- ^ "HyImpulse hybrid rocket motor roars to life for the first time". 25 September 2020.
- ^ "DLR spinoff HyImpulse plans small launcher debut in 2022". 14 August 2020.
- ^ "D-Orbit signs agreement with HyImpulse Technologies for joint EU-based launch and deployment mission".
- ^ "HyImpulse runs successful engine tests for hybrid rocket in Shetland". 25 May 2021.
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