SL1 (HyImpulse)
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The SL1, manufactured by HyImpulse established in 2018, undertook its inaugural launch on an unknown date, is non-reusable and is active.
SL1 has 0 successful launches and 0 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 0 launches, currently with 1 pending launches in the pipeline.
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.
- Length: 33 m
- Diameter: 2.2 m
- LEO Capacity: 600 kg
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.
