SL1

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HyImpulse (HYI)

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Description

3-stage orbital launch vehicle developed by German private company HyImpulse, with capability of up to 600 kg to Low Earth Orbit. All 3 stages are powered by hybrid rocket motors using paraffin and liquid oxygen as fuel.

Specifications

Stages
3
Length
33.0 m
Diameter
2.2 m
Fairing Diameter
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Launch Mass
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Thrust
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Family

Name
SL1
Family
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Variant
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Alias
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Full Name
SL1

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
600.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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HyImpulse

Private

CEO: Mario Kobald

HYI 2018

HyImpulse is a German private space launch enterprise headquartered in Neuenstadt am Kocher and developing a small launch vehicle designed around hybrid-propellant rockets. The company is a DLR spinoff founded in 2018 out of the chemical propulsion center of the German space agency's Lampoldshausen facility.

Upcoming Spaceflights

SL1 | Demo Flight

HyImpulse | Germany
SaxaVord Spaceport
TBD December, 2027

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

First launch of HyImpulse's SL1 launch vehicle.

Low Earth Orbit

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