From design to development

In one of the first Boost! co-funding contracts, signed in late 2020, ESA started supporting HyImpulse Technologies GmbH to elaborate the preliminary design and verification plans for the SL1 orbital launch vehicle, as well as the development of necessary ground equipment to test its critical subsystems.

This new agreement sees ESA provide €6.5 million in co-funding for the next steps, which will be a European effort bringing together HyImpulse’s German and UK offices, in collaboration with the SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland and a new joint venture, Carbon Launch Systems Ltd, recently created by HyImpulse and Greek manufacturer Adamant Composites.