https://spacewatch.global/tag/helix-engine/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 17 Nov 2022 07:00:48 +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/helix-engine/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2022/11/rfa-and-dlr-sign-contract-for-helix-engine-test-site/ Thu, 17 Nov 2022 07:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44870 Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) announced at Space Tech Expo Europe in Bremen that RFA will build and operate its own test stand at the DLR site in Lampoldshausen, Germany. There, RFA will test its Helix engine starting in mid-2023 to bring the European Union's first staged-combustion engine to serial production maturity.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/07/rfa-successfully-hot-fires-helix-engine/ Thu, 14 Jul 2022 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42119 Launch service provider Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), successfully tested its Helix engine in flight configuration for a total of 74 seconds, the company reported. The test included long-duration hot firings of 30 and 40 seconds each, preceded by a short test of four seconds of the same engine. The tests reached the desired duration, Helix operated nominally and was shut down safely. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/04/rfa-wins-e11-million-in-dlr-microlauncher-competition/ Tue, 26 Apr 2022 07:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40619 Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) won the 2022 round of the German Aerospace Center’s (DLR) microlauncher competition with a prize value of €11 million, RFA announced. As a result, the German government became an anchor customer of the RFA One launch service.]]>