Los Angeles-based startup Relativity Space aims to become the first space company to launch a fully 3D-printed launch vehicle into orbit. After almost eight years of development, the company planned the first orbital flight of the Terran 1 rocket on January 31, 2023.
Another new company that plans to conquer space in the coming year is the Australian Gilmour Space Technologies. The first orbital launch of the Eris rocket is scheduled for April 2023. If the launch is successful, Australia will become the 12th country in the world to send its own orbital rocket into space.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX company has been working for several years to create a fully reusable superheavy Starship rocket (translated from English as «starship»). This development is expected to become the largest launch vehicle, surpassing the SLS, which sent the Orion spacecraft to the moon in 2022.
SpaceX has already conducted a number of flight tests of prototypes and components of the future rocket. Although the exact date of the first orbital flight has not been announced to date, experts predict that it may take place as early as the first half of 2023.
The first flight of the New Glenn orbital rocket, developed by Jeff Bezos’ company, is also scheduled for the end of the year.
The European Union is not far behind! The German company Rocket Factory Augsburg from Bavaria is planning the first launch of its rocket «RFA One» at the end of 2023. The completion of the development and plans for the first launch in 2023 were also announced by the Scottish Skyrora and the German Isar Aerospace.
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