Maiden Flight

Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Launch Pad Fredo SaxaVord Spaceport

First flight of the RFA One launch vehicle. Will carry 7 satellites for various companies and organizations coordinated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). * AllBertEinStein * ARTICA * Curium Two * ERMINAZ * PCIOD * Separation Ring Mission * SpaceDREAM

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 29, 2025, 3:22 p.m.

NET Q4 2025.


Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 20, 2025, 4:07 p.m.

NET Q3 2025.


Nosu • Aug. 23, 2024, 8:45 p.m.

NET 2025 following the loss of the original maiden flight first stage in a static fire test anomaly.


Nosu • Aug. 19, 2024, 9:12 p.m.

Likely delayed due to the loss of the first stage during a static fire test.


Cosmic_Penguin • May 14, 2024, 10:28 a.m.

NET 2H 2024.


RFA One

Family:
Configuration: One

RFA One is a three-stage rocket designed to launch small satellites and payloads of initially up to 1,350 kg into polar orbits.

See Details
Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
    30.0 m
  • Diameter
    2.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    2.0 m
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
    100.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    RFA One
  • Family
  • Variant
    One
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    RFA One
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $3000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    1600.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    450.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    1300.0 kg

Rocket Factory Augsburg

Rocket Factory Augsburg

(RFA)

COO: Stefan Brieschenk Founded: 2018 Successes: 0 Failures: 0 Pending: 1

Agency Type:

Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) is a German New Space start-up located in Augsburg. It was founded in 2018 with the mission to build rockets just like cars.

INFO WIKI

Related News

European Spaceflight

The UK Amends Launch Liability Rules as RFA Prepares for Inaugural Flight

An amendment to the United Kingdom’s Space Industry Act will mandate that limits are set on how much launch operators are financially liable for if something goes wrong. The government has framed the change as a necessary step to strengthe…

European Spaceflight

RFA Begins Final Preparations for Inaugural RFA ONE Launch

German rocket builder Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is making significant progress toward once again attempting an inaugural flight of its RFA ONE rocket. The company is currently moving forward with commissioning its launch pad at SaxaVor…

NASASpaceflight

RFA and SaxaVord target UK’s first vertical orbital launch

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is determined to debut its RFA One rocket by the end… The post RFA and SaxaVord target UK’s first vertical orbital launch appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

NASASpaceflight

Launch providers step closer to first orbital launch from UK soil

The awarding of the UK’s first commercial vertical launch license in December marked a significant… The post Launch providers step closer to first orbital launch from UK soil appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

SpaceNews

RFA gets U.K. launch license

German launch vehicle startup Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has received a license from U.K. regulators to carry out its first orbital launch. The post RFA gets U.K. launch license appeared first on SpaceNews.

SaxaVord Spaceport

Launch Pad Fredo


Falcon 9
Success
11 hours, 8 minutes ago
Starlink Group 17-25
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
1 day, 18 hours ago
Starlink Group 10-36
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. First Starlink laun…


Falcon 9
Success
5 days, 12 hours ago
Starlink Group 6-103
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
6 days, 18 hours ago
Starlink Group 17-13
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
Crew-12
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

SpaceX Crew-12 is the twelfth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial C…


Ariane 64
Success
1 week, 2 days ago
Amazon Leo (LE-01)
Ariane Launch Area 4 - Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, thi…


Vulcan VC4S
Success
1 week, 2 days ago
USSF-87
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

USSF-87 will launch two identical Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites GSSAP-7 and GSSAP-8 directly to a near-geosyn…


Proton-M
Success
1 week, 2 days ago
Elektro-L No.5
81/24 (81P) - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Elektro-L is a series of meteorological satellites developed for the Russian Federal Space Agency by NPO Lavochkin. They are designed to capture real…


Smart Dragon 3
Success
1 week, 2 days ago
PRSC-EO2 & 6 satellites
South China Sea (launch location 3) - Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Carried 7 satellites to sun-synchronous orbit, including PRSC-EO2 (Earth observation satellite for the Pakistan government's SUPARCO) & CUHK-1. Detai…


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 3 days ago
Starlink Group 17-34
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.