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Evolution Space Static Fires Full-Scale Rocket Motor

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, April 29th, 2024

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Evolution Space Static Fires Full-Scale Rocket Motor

Static fire of tactical solid rocket motor. Photo: Evolution Space

Rocket motor and launch vehicle startup Evolution Space on Monday said it successfully conducted a full-scale statie fire of a solid rocket motor (SRM) designed to meet current tactical applications. This summer the California-based company will flight-test its motor as it transitions from development to qualification to meet space and defense applications. The motor used in the recent test at the company’s private site in Mojave, Calif., is over five-feet long and “was sized to mirror one of the tactical…

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