https://spacewatch.global/tag/polaris/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 20 Jun 2025 08:34:17 +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/polaris/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/06/diehl-defence-and-polaris-sign-exclusive-cooperation-agreement-at-paris-air-show/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=65904 Diehl Defence and Polaris have signed a cooperation agreement towards jointly pursuing innovative approaches for new airborne defence systems. Helmut Rauch, CEO Diehl Defence, and Dr. Alexander Kopp, CEO POLARIS signed the agreement at the ongoing Paris Air Show. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/11/spacewatchgl-economy-longshot-spaces-plan-to-launch-payloads-with-a-giant-cannon/ Mon, 18 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=61656 When Longshot Space’s CEO Mike Grace pops onto the screen for a Zoom call with SpaceWatch, he’s at an airport, buzzing with energy like the passengers scurrying around him. “Just got back from Kyiv,” he launches in, without pleasantries. “I wanted to plop down $4000 at a hardware store, make a prototype of a rocket in 3 days, get some commercial orders in, and leave a factory behind me.”]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/08/spacex-flights-grounded-by-faa-after-falcon-9-booster-mishap/ Thu, 29 Aug 2024 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56765 The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded further SpaceX launches after a Falcon 9 booster anomaly on Wednesday, 28th of August. The booster was part of a Falcon 9 mission to place Starlink satellites in orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. However, after the stage separation, the booster, intending to land on an uncrewed drone ship, suffered an anomaly and ended up tipping into the Atlantic Ocean. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/12/polaris-successfully-tests-spaceplane-engine/ Fri, 01 Dec 2023 07:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=52585 Polaris, a German aerospace start-up, successfully ignited their AS-1 engine on the 22nd of November. This Hot Fire Test was the first time the engine had been ignited. The test took place on an airfield at a former airport in northern Germany. The main material of the engine is Inconel and this engine is a heavy ground test version, with lighter versions of the engine for in-flight testing. ]]> 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/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. ]]> 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.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/04/polaris-secures-pre-series-a-investment/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40237 Polaris has secured a pre-series-A investment from the newly created Polaris Space Ventures (PSV) investment company, Polaris said. The investment enables the firm to increase the number of employees, as well as enlarge company facilities, and to prepare for rapid upscaling. ]]> 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 ]]>