Rocket Report: Four Falcon Heavy launches this year; meet the Baguette-one
The Rocket Report is back with Edition 4.46! Because I'll be on vacation for a while—long enough that there may not be a newsletter next week—this report is coming to you a day early. We'll have to wait and see. Looking ahead to next Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration is expected to make a final decision on SpaceX's Starship launch location in South Texas.
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France selects two modest start-ups. The European country intends to provide technical and financial support for the development of a nascent small launch sector as part of its France 2030 economic growth plan. In a competitive bid process, more over a dozen companies applied, and two were chosen last Friday. HyPrSpace and Sirius Space Services were declared winners by Challenges. Surprisingly, Baguette-one will be the name of HyPrSpace's first rocket. They've become my all-time favourite rocket firm.
There will be no half-baked plans... The awards' value was not disclosed, but the government stated in its request for proposals that it would provide between 400,000 and 1.2 million euros for the start phase and between 1.2 and 5 million euros for the development phase. The French government has also said it would provide payloads for the first launches of these companies. In Europe, France lags behind Germany and the United Kingdom in building a new commercial space launch sector.
The Terran 1 spacecraft has arrived in Florida.On Sunday, Relativity Space CEO Tim Ellis tweeted that the first stage of the Terran 1 rocket had arrived at the company's assembly and launch facilities in Florida. First-stage testing will take undertaken in Florida over the next three months, according to Relativity. According to Florida Today, after building the first and second stages, as well as the rocket's nose cone, technicians at Launch Complex-16 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Base will conduct fit inspections to ensure that the pad infrastructure properly accommodates the rocket.
Having a good time in the sun... Although a launch is doubtful before the fall, Ellis has stated that Terran 1 will fly this year. The Terran 1 is a $12 million spacecraft that can deliver 1.25 tonnes to low Earth orbit. Relativity Space has not placed a functioning payload on top of Terran 1 in order to concentrate entirely on reaching orbit. The mission's name, "Good Luck, Have Fun," is a bit of a joke on the company's part. We wish them luck as well as enjoyment. (Ken the Bin submitted this)
The launch date for the Vega-C has been decided. The European Space Agency has scheduled the launch of its new Vega-C rocket for July 7. According to the space agency, the launch will take place at 11:13 UTC from the European spaceport in French Guiana. The 35-meter-tall solid rocket has a single body and can launch 2.2 metric tonnes into a 700-kilometer polar
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