HyImpulse

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
  1. "HyImpulse hybrid rocket motor roars to life for the first time". 25 September 2020.
  2. "DLR spinoff HyImpulse plans small launcher debut in 2022". 14 August 2020.
  3. "D-Orbit signs agreement with HyImpulse Technologies for joint EU-based launch and deployment mission".
  4. "HyImpulse runs successful engine tests for hybrid rocket in Shetland". 25 May 2021.


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