ESA has extended its Boost! commercial space transportation contract with Rocket Factory Augsburg in Germany for the development of the RFA ONE launch service.

The contract extension is based on support from the Portuguese space agency, Portugal Space, and covers the design, manufacture and test of its Orbital Stage demonstrator made in Portugal. Partners are CEiiA, a Portuguese Engineering and Development Centre, and RFA Portugal, a subsidiary of Rocket Factory.

Rocket Factory Augsburg is one of the first three companies to gain support from Boost! – ESA's Commercial Space Transportation Services and support to Member States programme.

Through Boost! ESA aims to nurture commercial initiatives that offer space transportation services to space, in space, and returning from space.

Find out more about Boost! here.