This company designs scalable rocket engines and space vehicles for dynamic space operations, offering cost-effective propulsion solutions. Their Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTVs) support rapid orbit transfers between LEO, MEO, and GEO, as well as translunar injections. The platform is also adaptable for hypersonic boosting and reusable suborbital launch applications.
Funding
$256K raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Current rocket engine and orbital transfer vehicle technologies often lack the scalability and cost-effectiveness required for dynamic space operations and transfers between different Earth orbits and lunar destinations. This limitation hinders efficient lunar exploration, hypersonic missions, and suborbital launches for both government and commercial applications.
Solution
Rocket Propulsion Systems (RPS) designs and manufactures scalable rocket engines and orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) to facilitate rapid space maneuvers and transfers. RPS engines power RPS orbital transfer vehicles, which are adept at dynamic space operations and sustained space maneuverability. The cryogenic OTV can deliver a high total impulse, which can be applied to perform a variety of rapid space maneuvers, including LEO to MEO/GEO transfers and translunar orbit injections. RPS also offers a complete In-Space Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM) platform service, consisting of Earth-to-Orbit Launch Vehicles (LVs), OTVs, and Reentry Vehicles equipped with a manufacturing facility.
Target Audience
The primary customers are government agencies and commercial entities involved in space exploration, satellite deployment, hypersonic research, and suborbital launches.
Features
- Scalable rocket engines designed to meet changing mission needs
- Cryogenic Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV) with high total impulse for rapid orbit transfers
- OTV capable of LEO to MEO/GEO transfers and translunar orbit injections
- OTV retrofitted as a liquid-fueled hypersonic booster, accelerating a hypersonic glide body to Mach 4.4
- OTV repurposed as a single-stage, reusable, liquid-fueled, vertical takeoff, suborbital launch vehicle
- Complete In-Space Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM) platform service
- Earth-to-Orbit Launch Vehicles (LVs) and Reentry Vehicles for ISAM