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Private spaceflight companies include non-governmental or privately-owned entities focused on developing and/or offering equipment and services geared towards spaceflight, both robotic and human. This list includes both inactive and active entities.
Rocket 4 is a new rocket design, improving on capability and reliability compared to the outgoing Rocket 3 series. 18.9 m (62 ft) in height and 1.8 m (5.9 ft) in diameter, its planned payload capacity is 550 kg to a 300 km low Earth orbit or 350 kg to a 500 km sun-synchronous orbit.
The company completed its $75 million Series A investment round in May 2021, which was led by DADA Holdings. [32] Firefly launched its first test flight on September 3, 2021. The Firefly Alpha rocket experienced an anomaly during ascent, and the Range terminated the flight using the explosive Flight Termination System (FTS). [33]
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. is a publicly traded aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider. [10] Its Electron orbital rockets launches small satellites , and has launched 53 times as of 2024. A sub-orbital Electron variant called HASTE (Hypersonic Accelerator Suborbital Test Electron) serves other needs. [ 11 ]
Some of these tasks may be delegated or sub-contracted to other companies. For example, United Launch Alliance formally subcontracted the production of GEM solid rocket motors for their Delta II and Delta IV (Medium version) rockets to Alliant Techsystems. (Both vehicles are now retired.) [5] [6] An LSP does not necessarily build all the ...
Rocket Companies is the publicly traded corporate parent for multiple Gilbert businesses, the biggest being Rocket Mortgage, the nation's No. 2 mortgage lender by volume behind Pontiac-based ...
ID-1, ID-2, ID-3 and unnamed 2-stage rocket engine for DNLV solid rocket motor and liquid rocket engine: used on ID-1, ID-2 and DNLV rocket Borneo SubOrbitals: Malaysia hybrid rocket: used on yet-to-be-named rocket Apollo Fusion United States ACE, ACE Max Hall-effect thruster: To be used on Spaceflight, Inc.'s Sherpa-LTE space tug [46]
The Detroit-based parent company of Rocket Mortgage on Thursday reported a net income, or profit, of $178 million in the second quarter on $1.3 billion in revenue. ... Rocket Cos. is the publicly ...