Rocket Factory Augsburg (@rfa

Rocket Factory Augsburg

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Rocket Factory Augsburg

@rfa_space

Opening easy, frequent, and low-cost access to #space to better understand & protect our Earth with data from space. RFA flies into space to get closer to Earth

Augsburg, Germany

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Joined October 2020

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Rocket Factory Augsburg
@rfa_space
Mar 6
🚀 A major milestone on the road to RFA ONE’s orbital test flight! We have delivered the first and second stages of our RFA ONE launch vehicle to @SaxaVord_Space in Scotland. This marks an important step as we move toward our first orbital launch, currently planned for summer
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Rocket Factory Augsburg
@rfa_space
Oct 14, 2024
Congratulations to @SpaceX, what an incredible feat of engineering! Mars, here we come. At the same time, the coin has a second side: it shows and confirms that #Europe has completely lost touch. Can it still catch up? No chance. At least not the way things are going at the
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Rocket Factory Augsburg
@rfa_space
Jul 18, 2022
Raw footage from the Helix 40-second hot fire test for a great start to the week! 🔥
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Rocket Factory Augsburg
@rfa_space
Aug 10, 2021
Well @elonmusk, some similarity can not be denied, can it? 😜🚀 #RFA @SpaceX #Starship #RocketFactory Credits: @NASASpaceflight @BocaChicaGal
Rocket Factory Augsburg
@rfa_space
Aug 23, 2024
UPDATE on our S1 test anomaly! Our first stage is gone – but we have collected a significant amount of data and film footage. After reviewing it, we want to share some insights into the technical analysis, preliminary conclusions and our next steps ⬇️
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Rocket Factory Augsburg
@rfa_space
Apr 12, 2022
Enough with the renders! Let us introduce: The #Helix engine 🔥 Ready for some more information on this marvellous piece of #engineering and the chance to win unique polaroid pics of this beauty? ⬇️ (1/6) #YurisNight
Rocket Factory Augsburg
@rfa_space
Jun 11, 2024
A gift, just for you. Experience the raw footage of our stage one hot fire test from start to finish. There's only one way to go from here...
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Rocket Factory Augsburg
@rfa_space
Jan 16, 2025
📢 RFA received its launch licence!! We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded our Spaceflight Operator Licence by the @UK_CAA! This historic licence makes us the first European company to receive regulatory approval for orbital rocket launches from mainland Europe
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Rocket Factory Augsburg
@rfa_space
May 19, 2024
First fire! 🔥 We have successfully kicked off the hot fire campaign for our first stage at @SaxaVord_Space. We hot-fired a total of four Helix engines, igniting one by one at four second intervals. All engines ran simultaneously for 8 seconds with a total hot-fire duration of 20
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Rocket Factory Augsburg
@rfa_space
Aug 19, 2024
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Rocket Factory Augsburg
@rfa_space
Jun 2, 2023
280 seconds of glorious hot fire! 🔥 We are incredibly proud to be the 1st private company in #Europe (🤯) to hot fire a staged-combustion upper stage for its full duration. This qualifies our upper stage and Helix engine for flight 🚀 Enjoy the video and read more in our press
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Rocket Factory Augsburg
@rfa_space
Sep 20, 2023
Load Up, Lift Off! We are excited to introduce Argo, our heavyweight cargo service to the ISS and future commercial space stations! Argo is the ship on which the Argonauts of Greek mythology sought the Golden Fleece. But we don't want to read too much into it...so: Argo is
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Rocket Factory Augsburg
@rfa_space
Aug 27, 2021
You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs! With our cryogenic burst test we pushed the #limits of our first stage design and #successfully demonstrated the strengthening of our steel alloy under cryo conditions! A new first stage is already in the pipeline. On we go! 🚀
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Rocket Factory Augsburg
@rfa_space
Mar 20, 2025
Dear rocket colleagues from the neighboring city, we send our very best wishes for your launch campaign of Spectrum! 🚀 We know very well what an incredible challenge it is to develop, build, test and finally launch a rocket. And how much passion, perseverance, nerves of steel
Isar Aerospace
@isaraerospace
Mar 20, 2025
Launch period for test flight mission ‘Going full Spectrum’ begins today. Follow us for updates on the launch window via: isaraerospace.com/newsroom-first… #fromisartospace #goingfullspectrum Photo: © Isar Aerospace | Robin Brillert, Wingmen Media
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