SL1 (HyImpulse)
The SL1 is a non-reusable, active launch vehicle manufactured by HyImpulse (established in 2018). It undertook its inaugural launch on an unknown date.
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.
SL1 Specifications
| Length | 33 m |
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| Diameter | 2.2 m |
| Stages | 3 |
| LEO Capacity | 600 kg |
SL1 Launch Record
| Pending Launches | 1 |
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Manufacturer
HyImpulse (HYI)
CEO: Mario Kobald
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.