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Launcher Developer of the E-2 liquid rocket engine; formerly developer/operator of the Orbiter orbital-transfer vehicle and hosted-payload platform.
Company website U.S. commercial-space company founded in 2017 and acquired by Vast in February 2023. Launcher now focuses on the LOX/kerosene oxidizer-rich staged-combustion E-2 engine as a product for launch-vehicle companies; its former Orbiter and Launcher Light programs were internalized into Vast's post-acquisition planning.
Relationships Government awards & missions Network map Peers Supplies or enables Launcher AMCM — customer · supplier 2 connections Tell me more AMCM supplied an M 4K system (acquired 2021) for production of high-performance E-2 engine combustion chambers and other components for orbital launch vehicles.
Relationship research record AMCM supplies specialized M4K metal 3D printers and printing services to Launcher for manufacturing large single-part copper alloy combustion chambers for the E-2 engine (ongoing since ~2019, with machines acquired by Launcher).
Relationship research record SpaceX — launch services Tell me more SpaceX provides Falcon 9 rideshare launch services for Launcher’s Orbiter missions (e.g., Transporter-6 in 2022/2023).
Relationship research record Velo3D — customer Tell me more Velo3D supplies metal AM services and parts including fuel pump, flight turbine housing, and Orbiter pressure vessels for small satellite launch vehicles (ongoing since 2021).
Relationship research record EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems — customer Tell me more AMCM (EOS Group company) supplies the M 4K large-format metal AM system, enabling Launcher to produce the world’s largest single-part 3D-printed copper alloy combustor and entire E-2 rocket engine for its orbital launch vehicle. System acquired in 2021 following partnership since 2017; initial engines built at AMCM facility.
Relationship research record Launcher supplies or serves TRL11 — mission user Tell me more Launcher’s Orbiter SN1 provided hosted payload services to TRL11 (mission attempted 2023).
Relationship research record Innova Space — mission user Tell me more Launcher’s Orbiter SN1 provided satellite deployment services to Innova Space (mission attempted 2023).
Relationship research record NPC Spacemind — mission user Tell me more Launcher’s Orbiter SN1 provided satellite deployment services to NPC Spacemind (mission attempted 2023).
Relationship research record Beyond Burials — mission user Tell me more Launcher’s Orbiter SN1 provided hosted payload services to Beyond Burials (mission attempted 2023).
Relationship research record CesiumAstro — mission user Tell me more Launcher’s Orbiter SN1 provided hosted payload services to CesiumAstro (mission attempted 2023).
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Program partners NASA — program partner Tell me more NASA provides testing facilities and services at Stennis Space Center via Space Act Agreement for E-2 engine hot-fire testing (agreement since ~2020).
Relationship research record U.S. Space Force — program partner Tell me more US Space Force (formerly via US Air Force) awarded contracts including SBIR funding (~$1.5M in 2019, additional in 2022) to support E-2 engine development and testing.
Relationship research record WAAM3D Ltd — strategic partner Tell me more WAAM3D partners with Launcher on Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) technology to produce advanced propellant tanks (announced August 2024).
Relationship research record Internalized capabilities Yuzhnoye — acquired capability Tell me more Launcher licensed Soviet heritage RD-8 engine designs from Yuzhnoye.
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Government awards & missions Stanford Student Space Initiative — academic-spacecraft-customer Tell me more Launcher contracted to deploy a Stanford Student Space Initiative spacecraft through Orbiter SN1, including a planned satellite-to-satellite networking demonstration with Cal Poly Pomona’s Yearling mission. · Orbiter SN1 deployed-spacecraft customer manifest and planned intersatellite networking demonstration.
Launcher names the Stanford Student Space Initiative as an SN1 customer and describes its planned networking demonstration with Yearling. SN1 did not deploy customer payloads.
customer organization Cal Poly Pomona — academic-spacecraft-customer Tell me more Launcher contracted to deploy Cal Poly Pomona’s Bronco Space PROVES–Yearling CubeSat through Orbiter SN1. · Orbiter SN1 deployed-spacecraft customer manifest; PROVES–Yearling educational spacecraft mission.
Launcher names the Bronco Space student group at Cal Poly Pomona and its PROVES–Yearling spacecraft on the SN1 customer manifest. SN1 did not deploy customer payloads.
customer organization NASA Stennis Space Center — rocket-engine-test-facility-user Tell me more Launcher used NASA Stennis Space Center to test E-2 combustion-chamber and turbopump hardware. · E-2 engine test fires, long-duration combustion-chamber testing, and turbopump testing.
Launcher identifies Stennis as the location for E-2 tests and as a key partner supporting E-2 development.
facility U.S. Space Force — research-and-development-contract-award Tell me more The U.S. Space Force awarded Launcher a $1.7 million contract to advance the E-2 liquid rocket engine. · E-2 engine development, including turbopump and combustion-chamber test campaigns.
Launcher directly identifies the Space Force as the awarding agency and describes the contract's E-2 development scope.
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