https://spacewatch.global/tag/las-rocket-engine/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 26 Apr 2023 06:00:31 +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/las-rocket-engine/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2023/04/polaris-receives-contract-to-study-las-rocket-engine/ Wed, 26 Apr 2023 06:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=48246 POLARIS, a German aerospace start-up, announced on the 25th of April that they have been awarded a contract from BAAINBw (Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support) to study potential of a linear aerospike (LAS) rocket engine as a propulsion element in a spaceplane demonstrator. A LAS rocket engine will be ignited and tested in flight for the first time as part of the contract. ]]>