Rocket Report: Era of cheap launch is over? Astra sets early 2027 target for return
"The customer got comfortable with a high reliability and a low price.".
"The customer got comfortable with a high reliability and a low price."
The short version
- “The customer got comfortable with a high reliability and a low price.” The best-named rocket in the world is sadly delayed .
- French launch startup HyPrSpace announced that it has pushed the inaugural flight of its Baguette One suborbital rocket to 2027, European Spaceflight reports .
- The 10-meter Baguette One rocket is a single-stage vehicle is capable of carrying up to 300 kg.
What happened
It is powered by the company’s hybrid propulsion system, which combines liquid oxygen with solid polyethylene fuel. An appetizing launch … Originally the company had been targeting 2026 for the suborbital rocket’s debut.
Why it matters
In moving the target to 2027, however, the company revealed that the vehicle’s launch site will be the French Directorate General of Armaments location at Biscarrosse in southwestern France.
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