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 engines. 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 company’s hybrid rocket engine uses a paraffin-based fuel and liquid oxygen.[4]
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References
- ^ https://spacenews.com/hyimpulse-hybrid-rocket-motor-roars-to-life-for-the-first-time/
- ^ https://spacenews.com/dlr-spinoff-hyimpulse-plans-small-launcher-debut-in-2022/
- ^ http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=58127
- ^ https://www.aerospacetestinginternational.com/news/engine-testing/hyimpulse-runs-successful-engine-tests-for-hybrid-rocket-in-shetland.html