
Francesco Fragnito
@gnito_
Payload Interface Manager at RFA
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02-12-2011 12:12:40
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Exciting times for European spaceflight (pun intended)! We are proud to be part of the German #NewSpace era together with Isar Aerospace, HyImpulse Technologies and GAIA Aerospace . Thanks to Andrew Parsonson /EuropeanSpaceflight for this great representation of #TeamGermany π (1/2)


On we go! Our upper stage has arrived in Sweden at SSC - Swedish Space Corporation and is currently being prepared for its Integrated Systems Test (IST) campaign. To say that we are hyped would be an understatement! π€© PS: Watch the video until the end...


And the winner is Polska Agencja Kosmiczna, a worthy recipient of Europe's best space agency logo title. Congratulations Poland π΅π±π₯³


Today, with European Commission, we announced the five first companies selected for the #FlightTicketInitiative!π Congratulations Arianespace, Isar Aerospace, Orbex Space, Rocket Factory Augsburg and PLD Spaceπ₯³




ERMINAZ-1U & -1V PocketQubes #AMSAT on their first flight to Madrid for environmental tests with the Deployer and its sisters and brothers AmSat-EA LibreSpaceFoundation of the #ERMINAZ mission. New altitude record 10km βοΈ with Iberia, next one 500km π with Rocket Factory Augsburg


Amazing experience seeing a rocket test live at SaxaVord Spaceport UK. Great job Rocket Factory Augsburg. Feel incredibly lucky to be at the right place at the right time!

First fire! π₯ We have successfully kicked off the hot fire campaign for our first stage at SaxaVord Spaceport UK. We hot-fired a total of four Helix engines, igniting one by one at four second intervals. All engines ran simultaneously for 8 seconds with a total hot-fire duration of 20









We've issued the first launch licence for a vertical launch from UK soil π @RFA_Space has approval to launch from SaxaVord Spaceport UK. π caa.co.uk/newsroom/news/β¦

