HyPrSpace (Hybrid Propulsion for Space) is a rocket startup, founded in 2019, in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It develops orbital (Orbital Baguette-1/OB-1, pronounced Obi-wan) and suborbital (Baguette One) launch vehicles and hybrid propulsion systems. [1] [2] [3] [4]
In 2022, the company raised €1.1 million to develop its rocket. [4] [5] In 2024 as part of a consortium (with the companies CT Ingénierie, SpaceDreamS and Telespazio France) it has raises €35 million to develop their launcher Orbital Baguette One (the Le Projet Agile de Développement d'Accès à l'espace 1—PADA1—project), 60 percent of the funding from the French government—as the winner of the France 2030 program supported by the State. [6] [2] [7] [3] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Baguette One is 7 metres tall, single-stage suborbital rocket, with a payload capacity of 300 kilograms. [2] The first suborbital mission is planned for 2026. [2] Baguette One will launch from DGA Essais de missiles, a missile testing site in mainland France. [13] [14] Orbital Baguette-1 (OB-1) is a 16 metres tall micro-launcher with a payload of 250 kg to 400 km low Earth orbit (LEO). [1] [15] [8] [9] [16]
The hybrid engine uses solid fuels (including HDPE) in combination with a liquid oxidizer and doesn't need a turbo pump. [6] [17] [16] [9] [4] [12] On 11 July 2024, the first hot fire test of its Terminator hybrid rocket engine was completed with success. [18] [19] [20] [15] In December 2024, HyPrSpace announced a successful hot test in the second Terminator testing campaign. [21]
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