August 23, 2022 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay:
- Reaction Engines pitches the reusable hypersonic vehicle it is building for the RAF
- Tory Bruno talking about ULA, Vulcan, and the status of the BE-4 rocket engine
The interview is about an hour long, and has lots of interesting stuff. At 26 minutes he discusses the company’s work to recover the engines on the Vulcan rocket. Key takeaways: They will allow the engine to land in the ocean, on a inflatable raft, and they will be testing this raft on their next Atlas-5 launch in November.
At 31 minutes he discusses the status of the BE-4 engine, which sums up in two words, “Almost done.” We shall see. At 49 minutes he talks how Vulcan is designed to evolve and upgrade over time.
- ESA issues request for bids for beginning work on its own heavy lift rocket.
The graphic of this rocket looks very similar to a Starship/Superheavy, with fewer first stage engines.
- Relativity successfully completes static fire test of first stage of its Terran-1 rocket
Next engineers will stack the whole rocket and do a full dress rehearsal countdown in preparation for the first launch, which the company hopes to do before the end of the year.
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay:
- Reaction Engines pitches the reusable hypersonic vehicle it is building for the RAF
- Tory Bruno talking about ULA, Vulcan, and the status of the BE-4 rocket engine
- ESA issues request for bids for beginning work on its own heavy lift rocket.
- Relativity successfully completes static fire test of first stage of its Terran-1 rocket
The interview is about an hour long, and has lots of interesting stuff. At 26 minutes he discusses the company’s work to recover the engines on the Vulcan rocket. Key takeaways: They will allow the engine to land in the ocean, on a inflatable raft, and they will be testing this raft on their next Atlas-5 launch in November.
At 31 minutes he discusses the status of the BE-4 engine, which sums up in two words, “Almost done.” We shall see. At 49 minutes he talks how Vulcan is designed to evolve and upgrade over time.
The graphic of this rocket looks very similar to a Starship/Superheavy, with fewer first stage engines.
Next engineers will stack the whole rocket and do a full dress rehearsal countdown in preparation for the first launch, which the company hopes to do before the end of the year.