At SPACE TECH EXPO EUROPE, Precious Payload, the leading market for satellite launches, today announced that it has included upcoming launches from Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) in its comprehensive launch schedule dubbed Launch.ctrl for commercial satellites.

This formalizes the plan for Precious Payload to integrate a new ridesharing provider to create more launch opportunities for payload developers. Satellite teams will be able to easily find upcoming RFA missions online from various launch sites, including European facilities in the UK, French Guiana and others. RFA is aiming for the end of 2023 for its first launch.

“Demand for access to cost-effective last-mile delivery launches is growing rapidly from customers with payloads of all sizes and types,” said Andrew Maximov, CEO and co-founder of Precious Payload. “Having multiple launch options in different price points, orbital destinations and installation locations is a key feature for our savvy payload developer customers. RFA brings increased price competitiveness and launch frequency from various launch locations across Europe. We look forward to expanding our launcher portfolio and ridesharing services to now include RFA ONE, and wish them the best of luck on their next maiden flight.

Leveraging its location at the heart of the German automotive industry, RFA has strived to minimize launch system costs using its unique approach to series production and assembly. RFA ONE is a 30-meter three-stage rocket that can send up to 1,350 kg into polar Earth orbit. The company successfully completed the first test campaign of its Helix flight configuration engine in July 2022, confirming its trajectory towards service commercialization. RFA has already signed launch contracts with the German government and a dozen other customers for launches from 2023. The RFA ONE rocket is expected to be launched up to fifty times a year in the future, delivering satellites in near-Earth orbit with precision and reliability. at a very competitive price.

“Precious Payload pioneered and truly defined the online ridesharing market and we are excited to distribute our future launches through their Launch.ctrl platform,” commented RFA Chief Commercial Officer Jörn Spurmann. “The software is a magnet for every payload developer looking for launch or other related services, from assurance to SSA tools. With their expertise and knowledge of the space launch and transport market, we can offer the industry more flexibility, a simple and intuitive booking process and options for competitively priced launches to LEO. and beyond.

Precious Payload’s Launch.ctrl platform is designed to minimize development costs and time while maximizing launch schedule reliability and mission assurance. In addition to simply functioning as a marketplace for satellite launches, its mission description templates and workplace for team collaboration bridge the gap between payload engineers and business development, sales, marketing and launch management for LP.

Earlier this year, Precious Payload unveiled a new version of its commercial launch schedule and released custom pages for launch vendors, their vehicles, and upcoming missions with all available launch service operators (including brokers and OTVs). With Precious Payload’s robust Launch.ctrl platform, payload developers around the world can easily browse all potential commercial launches of their spacecraft.

About Precious Payload Inc.

Precious Payload is an American-Emirati/German space technology company that developed Launch.ctrl, a marketplace for satellite operators looking for specific launch times or precise orbit. All information stored in the web interface of the platform is directly linked to the account of a launch service provider.

About Rocket Factory

Rocket Factory Augsburg was founded in 2018 with the vision of enabling business models of data generation in space to better monitor, protect and connect our planet Earth. In this context, the company’s objective is to offer launch services in low Earth orbit and beyond on a weekly basis at unparalleled prices. With this, RFA wants to democratize access to space and reduce launch costs in the space industry. The RFA ONE Launch Service combines three key competitive advantages: customer-focused service with precise in-orbit delivery and a high degree of mission flexibility thanks to its orbital phase; a very competitive price made possible by superior staged combustion technology and low cost structures; and the use of industrial components.

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