Rocket Factory Augsburg

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is a German space launch company based in Augsburg. Established in 2018 as a corporate spinoff from OHB via MT Aerospace Holding, it converted into a public limited company in 2019, with Stefan Brieschenk and Jörn Spurmann becoming board members and co-founders. RFA offers precise, flexible and low-cost launch services, and is developing the RFA ONE rocket and the Helix staged-combustion engine, aiming to democratize access to space.

Rocket Factory Augsburg was established in 2018 as a corporate spinoff from OHB via MT Aerospace Holding. In 2019 it converted into a public limited company, with Stefan Brieschenk and Jörn Spurmann becoming board members and co-founders. In June 2023, RFA became the first European company to complete a full upper-stage test with a staged-combustion Helix engine, achieving a full flight duration of 280 seconds. In May 2024, RFA kicked off the hot fire campaign for its first stage at SaxaVord Spaceport, successfully firing four Helix engines one by one at four-second intervals.

Precise, flexible and low-cost launch services; serial production like automotive manufacturing.

• RFA ONE

  Rocket for lowest costs, built with serial production like automotive manufacturing.

• Helix

  Revolutionary staged combustion engine.

• Redshift

  Flexible third stage for last-mile delivery from LEO to GTO and beyond.

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