If that’s launching on a Vega-C first stage then the payload must be tiny. Using a disposable 1st stage also feels like it defeats the purpose a bit. It’s cool that they’re at least studying the concept, though.
Hold up, it’s only 23 m tall? That’s like 1/3 the height of Starship, and 1/27 the mass and volume. Does the Starship architecture even work at that scale?
SpaceX are having enough challenges as it is getting a useful payload fraction out of the 9 m wide Starship, which they have stretched once and plan to stretch again.
Could be the sun with the yellow/reddish light we get at dawn (or dusk), shining onto the condensation trails of an airplane. And it looks a bit like two trails, like we’d expect from an airplane with 2 turbines/wings.
To date, Isar Aerospace, Rocket Factory Augsburg, Latitude, and PLD Space have all signed an initial feasibility agreement
I haven’t followed Latitude, but they’ve said they want to launch from this facility in 2026. PLD said the same thing, but they’re already working down there and the article said it’ll still be tight. So Latitude probably won’t launch until 2027?
Isar has Andoya and RFA has Saxavord, so they probably aren’t as worried about it.
I think it’s still technically a small-lift launcher, but 1000kg is a good step up from the really small ones around 100-250 kg, and would potentially let it steal some Vega launches.
“EU to Commission Mobile Responsive Launch System Studies” is not quite as exciting as “EU to Commission Mobile Responsive Launch System” would have been, but who knows? Perhaps one day one of these studies will lead somewhere… :)
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About a dozen satellite companies, a smattering of specialised space hardware and components, one couple trying to launch rockets from Scotland (Kaber Toss) and some bloke from Ashton-under-Lyne driving around with a rocket on a pick-up he once managed to launch from Morecambe beach.
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