https://spacewatch.global/tag/aurora-spaceplane/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 18 Mar 2022 07:00:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/aurora-spaceplane/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2022/03/polaris-receives-bundeswehr-contract-for-spaceplane-demonstrator/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 07:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39923 The German Bundeswehr (Federal Defense) has awarded Polaris a contract to build and flight-test a scaled demonstrator of its Aurora space launch and hypersonic system, Polaris reported. The vehicle is a downscaled version of the future spaceplane powered by a reusable liquid-fuel rocket engine.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/07/polaris-signs-aurora-spaceplane-contract-with-german-bundeswehr/ Tue, 27 Jul 2021 06:00:21 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=34637&preview=true&preview_id=34637 The German aerospace startup Polaris signed a four-month €250,000 contract with the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) to examine applications of its Aurora spaceplane for military observation missions, the company said. The contract allows for testing and validating the potentials of the reusable Aurora spaceplane in defense activities ]]>