Aspire Space

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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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

@leap_71 Unveiled at TCT Asia in Shanghai, the XRA-2E5 will proceed to acceptance checks and integration into a dedicated test stand. A full hot-fire campaign is scheduled for 2026 to validate performance across its operating envelope, informing the Oryx and Aspire’s propulsion roadmap.

@leap_71 Under that agreement, LEAP 71 is developing a full spectrum of propulsion systems for the Oryx vehicle, spanning both stages of the fully reusable launch system.

First major propulsion hardware milestone for Aspire’s fully reusable system. Hot-fire testing later this year. Generated by the Noyron, @leap_71's Large Computational Engineering Model

@leap_71 The XRA-2E5 uses a regenerative cooling architecture — the outer chamber is cooled by cryogenic methane, and the central spike by liquid oxygen — to manage the intense thermal loads of the combustion environment.

This Noyron-generated 200 kN Aerospike rocket engine is on display at TCT Asia this week at the @HBD_Technology booth in hall 7 / 7E35 - printed in one monolithic metal part standing one meter high.

We manufactured the world's largest 3D-printed aerospike rocket engine with @HBD_Technology. Building on the same Noyron DNA as our already-tested engines, this behemoth stands a meter tall and targets 200 kN (45,000 lbf) of force.

UAE is safe and sound. Aspire keeps building. Engineering the future of the space industry, driven by the vision of @HamdanMohammed and the strategic support of @ahmad_belhoul and @OmarSAlolama. Proud to scale the Oryx project alongside the @uaespaceagency and @MBRSpaceCentre.

@sciencegirl And this is just the small one! Can't wait to launch our new rocketships with the scaled-up beasts this AI is generating for us right now. 🚀

AI built a 3D-printed rocket engine in only two weeks

Story time with our CEO, Stan Rudenko, reflecting on why he chose space and why it is vital for humanity’s future. Link to his Substack, The Space Optimist: stan888.substack.com/p/why-i-do-spa…

An undeniable new record for humanity. Over the coming decades, with Lunar Gateway, India’s BAS, Tiangong’s expansion, and the rise of private stations, our human footprint in orbit is poised to triple. #spaceeconomy

Wishing you a warm holiday season and a lit New Year!