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RFA One | Maiden Flight

Mission

Maiden Flight

Type:

Test Flight

Orbit:

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

First flight of the RFA One launch vehicle. Will carry 7 satellites for various companies and organizations coordinated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). * AllBertEinStein * ARTICA * Curium Two * ERMINAZ * PCIOD * Separation Ring Mission * SpaceDREAM

Status

To Be Determined

Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.

Pad

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Launch Pad Fredo

GBR

Latitude: 60.81736038715111

longitude: -0.7626391593025057

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Location

Timezone:

Europe/London

SaxaVord Spaceport

SaxaVord Spaceport is a UK spaceport located on the Lamba Ness peninsula on Unst, the most northerly of the inhabited Shetland Islands off the coast of Scotland. The site is near the RAF Saxa Vord radar station and the settlement of Skaw, adjacent to the Saxa Vord distillery.

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0

Location total Landing count:

0

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Rocket

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RFA One

RFA One is a three-stage rocket designed to launch small satellites and payloads of initially up to 1,350 kg into polar orbits.

Variant: One

Details

Min stage: 3

Max stage: 3m

Length: 30.0m

Diameter: 2.0

Pending launches: 1

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity: 1600kg

Launch cost: US$3000000

Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) capacity: 450kg

Manufacturer

Rocket Factory Augsburg

Type:

Private

DEU

Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) is a German New Space start-up located in Augsburg. It was founded in 2018 with the mission to build rockets just like cars.

Founding year:

2018

Administrator:

COO: Stefan Brieschenk

Launchers:

RFA One

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Agency

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Rocket Factory Augsburg

Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) is a German New Space start-up located in Augsburg. It was founded in 2018 with the mission to build rockets just like cars.

DEU

Type: Private

Details

Administrator:

COO: Stefan Brieschenk

Founding year:

2018

Launchers:

RFA One

Pending launches: 1

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