https://spacewatch.global/tag/christian-hidde/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 03 Nov 2023 07:00:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/christian-hidde/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2023/11/polaris-mira-successfully-completes-turbine-thrust-test/ Fri, 03 Nov 2023 07:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=52075 POLARIS Spaceplanes, a German aerospace start-up, has successfully flown MIRA under turbine thrust for the first time. The first flight took place in Peenemünde with 260 km squared of closed airspace. It had a flight time of just under 2.5 minutes and a distance of approximately 9km. POLARIS received the Operation License on the 25th of October and the following day flew MIRA.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/11/polaris-tests-spaceplane-demonstrators-at-peenemunde-airport/ Fri, 04 Nov 2022 07:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44564 POLARIS conducted a 4-day flight campaign at the Airport of Peenemünde on the Baltic Sea, lasting from Friday, 28th to Monday, 31st of October. While previous demonstrator flight test campaigns took place at the local airport of Rotenburg/Wümme close to Bremen, POLARIS now required significantly larger airspace for high-performance testing.]]>