Spaceflight 🚀#Germany 🇩🇪 , #Italy 🇮🇹 , and the #UnitedKingdom 🇬🇧 (which is a member of the #ESA but not the #European Union) have started #microlaunch #companies that are building #rockets capable of lifting several hundred kilograms to #LEO.
These companies, including #IsarAerospace, #RocketFactory #Augsburg (#RFA), and #HyImpulse in Germany, #PLD Space in #Spain 🇪🇸 , and #Orbex and #Skyrora in #Britain, operate much more like the #US 🇺🇸 #commercial #space industry https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/france-seeks-to-build-reusable-rocket-make-up-for-bad-choices-in-the-past
📆 October 12, 2022 #Microlaunchers: #France 🇫🇷 is funding 💶 a total of 12 projects from 11 companies
• #OPUS Aerospace
• #Sirius #SpaceServices
• #SpaceDreams
• #Nobrak
• #HyPrSpace
• #CMP Composites
• The #ExplorationCompany
• #Watt & #Well
• #HALCYON
• #Latitude
• #Leanspace
🇩🇪 German #SpaceAgency, #DLR
• #OroraTech is manufacturing eight micro-#satellites 🛰️ that will fly in formation to monitor forest 🌳🌲 fires 🔥 at one-hour intervals using infrared cameras.
• #TALOS is producing five micro-#satellites 🛰️ for tracking wildlife 🦌 and livestock 🐃 as part of the #ICARUS project.
• #PlanetaryTransportation Systems is producing three miniature #satellites 🛰️ for classifying and processing #Earth 🌍 observation 👀 data in #space using quantum technology.
• #RapidCubes uses four micro-#satellites 🛰️ to test bi-directional #DataCommunication for #InternetOfThings (#IOT) 📶 applications in species 🐻 and nature 🌿conservation.
• #Vyoma is launching a small #satellite 🛰️ for the optical monitoring of #SpaceDebris 🗑️ in the size range of a few centimetres 📏.
• #SmallSatellite Competition https://www.dlr.de/en/latest/news/2023/04/small-satellites-winners-of-three-dlr-competitions-selected
🇩🇪 #MarbleImaging multispectral camera 📹 will be used to generate high-resolution #Earth 🌏 observation 👀 data
#BerlinSpace #ElectricPropulsion system for small #satellites 🛰️ for #orbital manoeuvres and #SpaceDebris 🗑️ prevention
#HighPerformance #SpaceStructure Systems brake sail ⛵ to allow a small #satellite 🛰️ to re-enter after the end of its mission to prevent #SpaceDebris 🗑️.
#InSpacePropulsion Technologies qualification of two chemical ⚗️ #propulsion systems with green ✅ propellants ⛽ for small satellites 🛰️ for rendezvous manoeuvres and to avoid #SpaceDebris 🗑️.
#Airbus will test an #ElectricPropulsion system for small #satellites 🛰️ that uses an alternative propellant – iodine.
#QuantumGalactics development trial of a #CyberSecurity 💻 test system to prevent the failure of a #satellite 🛰️ due to cyber-attacks.
#iABG is developing an #AI 💻 payload that ensures the resilience of AI models directly on the sensor or #satellite 🛰️.
#HyPrSpace received funding 💶 from #France 2030, a #French 🇫🇷 government fund that invests in innovative technologies.
#BaguetteOne 🥖 should take flight in the beginning of 📆 2026 and aims to put small #satellites 🛰️ up to 250 kilograms into #orbit. The solid fuel ⛽ component can use recycled ♻️ #polyethylene, a common plastic https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2023/12/12/french-baguette-one-rocket-project-gets-funding-to-launch_6335565_7.html
#BaguetteOne 🥖 should take flight in the beginning of 📆 2026 and aims to put small #satellites 🛰️ up to 250 kilograms into #orbit. The solid fuel ⛽ component can use recycled ♻️ #polyethylene, a common plastic https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2023/12/12/french-baguette-one-rocket-project-gets-funding-to-launch_6335565_7.html
