Aspire Space

Global space tech company | Building next-gen rocketships

[LEAP 71 @leap_71]

2000 kN (200 tons thrust) full-flow staged combustion engine injector vs. 60 kN (6 tons) open-cycle MethaLOX. Both generated from the same Noyron DNA.

[Lin Kayser @linkayser]

https://t.co/3dXmhzYcxR

[LEAP 71 @leap_71]

Throwback to the TCT Shanghai trade show, where we showed the first Inconel 718 test print of the Noyron XRA-2E5 aerospike, manufactured by @HBD_Technology. Real-world production feedback forms an essential layer in Noyron’s engineering logic, grounding it in reality.

[LEAP 71 @leap_71]

A transparent rendering of the Noyron XRA-2E5 aerospike reference thruster. At 200 kN (20 tons of thrust) and 1 meter tall, it sits near the limit of what’s possible and reasonable for this architecture with today’s metal alloys. Currently refining it as we work towards hot-fire.

[Aspire Space @aspirespaceuae]

Postscript to @FastCompany feature.

Notwithstanding the audience's love for comparisons, Aspire delivers a more agile vision. We see the space economy as a positive-sum game, one that requires expanding launch access for everyone by pairing this with full reusability.

Also, since the interview, Oryx has moved to its next iteration with a structural rework that reduces dry mass and expands overall capability. The newly designated R1v5 rocket will drive a 5 t payload to LEO in a fully reusable configuration, 15 t with booster recovery, and up to 17 t without it. The D3 Cargo Spaceship now features a 2 t return capacity to Earth.

[Aspire Space @aspirespaceuae]

Since the interview, Oryx has moved to its next iteration with a structural rework that reduces dry mass and expands overall capability. The newly designated R1v5 rocket will drive a 5 t payload to LEO in a fully reusable configuration, 15 t with booster recovery, and up to 17 t without it. The D3 Cargo Spaceship now features a 2 t return capacity to Earth.

Link: https://t.co/Chd0xUoUqq

[Aspire Space @aspirespaceuae]

The propulsion system for the Oryx is inbound.

[LEAP 71 @leap_71]

As we prepare for the next test season with updated hardware, we are combing through all our old footage and data. We tested this 20 kN MethaLOX Aerospike rocket engine designed by Noyron in December. The next one will have a custom ignition system.

[Lin Kayser @linkayser]

More of our work with @aspirespaceuae in this @FastCompany article: https://t.co/nVAC3mZt2k

[LEAP 71 @leap_71]

We may have gotten a bit too close to the exhaust, but another successful hot-fire. 6 kN kerolox thruster printed from Inconel 718. Generated by Noyron. No humans were harmed in the design process (no CAD) or during the hot-fire (safe in the bunker).

[LEAP 71 @leap_71]

Noyron builds machines. In this case a WIP oxygen pump/gas generator assembly for an open cycle methalox rocket engine. Engineered from first principles physics, logic, and manufacturing constraints without human intervention.

[LEAP 71 @leap_71]

Noyron ❤️ turbopumps. Continuing to extend our Large Computational Engineering Model’s capabilities to generate high-performance turbomachinery, here is the LOX side. WIP.

[LEAP 71 @leap_71]

Made in Dubai. We printed this 200 kN MethaLOX Aerospike rocket engine with HBD out of Inconel 718. The refined version of this thruster will power the fully reusable upper stage of the Oryx spacecraft made by @aspirespaceuae.

[Aspire Space @aspirespaceuae]

Press like this helps. But the work is why we’re here, with or without the cameras.

[Aspire Space @aspirespaceuae]

What $200/kg to orbit actually means. Why aerospikes never flew. What the XRA-2E5 hot-fire campaign will tell us. When Oryx is going up. Discussed at @MakeItEmirates for @skynewsarabia, @almashhadmedia, @CNNIndonesia, @kgmediaID, @tribunnews, @tvkhabar24. Thanks for diving in.

[LEAP 71 @leap_71]

Our 200 kN Aerospike rocket engine showcased at the @aspirespaceuae booth at @miiteuae trade show in Abu Dhabi this week. This engine burning cryogenic methane and liquid oxygen will power the upper stage of the Aspire Oryx fully reusable rocket ship.

[LEAP 71 @leap_71]

We tested a 10th scale version of this MethaLOX engine in December.

[LEAP 71 @leap_71]

This 200 kN (20 tons thrust) Aerospike rocket engine, created for the fully reusable upper stage of the @aspirespaceuae launcher, will be shown at the @MIITEUAE exhibition in Abu Dhabi next week. Aerospikes are the holy grail of rocketry.

[Aspire Space @aspirespaceuae]

Heads down for months.
Next week, we come up for air.

We'll be at @MIITEUAE, the UAE's flagship industrial platform, to share what we’ve been working on — and the engine @leap_71 has designed to power it.
Hosted by the @moiatuae, and organised by @adnecad.

#SpaceTech

[LEAP 71 @leap_71]

200 kN methalox aerospike rocket engine created autonomously by the Noyron Large Computational Engjneering Model. We plan to use these engines for the second stage of the fully-reusable Oryx spaceship designed by @aspirespaceuae

[LEAP 71 @leap_71]

It’s great to finally see the manufactured result in person: the largest monolithic aerospike ever produced, 200 kN, 1 m tall, generated by the Noyron Large Computational Engineering Model and produced by @HBDAdditive2015 on one of the world’s largest metal 3D printers.