MEDIA

27.11.2023 - POLARIS Raumflugzeuge erreicht mit MIRA neue Meilensteine

Kaum ein deutsches NewSpace-Startup zieht Raumfahrtenthusiast:innen so in den Bann, wie POLARIS Raumflugzeuge. - Den vollständigen Bericht finden Sie auf astrodom.com.

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23.11.2023 - POLARIS Spaceplanes Begins Testing its AS-1 Rocket Engine

POLARIS Spaceplanes has successfully ignited its 1kN AS-1 aerospike rocket engine that will power its MIRA demonstrator. - Read the full article on europeanspaceflight.com.

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19.09.2023 - POLARIS Spaceplanes wraps up MIRA-Light prototype flight tests

The company is gearing up for a full-scale version of their Aurora spaceplane using a linear aerospike rocket engine. - Read the full article on space.com.

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29.08.2023 - AURORA Spaceplane concept looks like an Area 51-Style 'Black Jet', ...

...and it could revolutionize hypersonice spaceflight by 2030, according to The DeBrief.

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25.08.2023 - German Spaceplane Designer Flies Flight-Control Demonstrator

Aviation Week reports about our latest flight vehicle.

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02.06.2023 - The Elusive Aerospike Engine Could Finally Be Ready to Fly

Popular Mechanics reports about our aerospike flight demonstration project.

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13.03.2023 - Aus „ATHENA“ wird „NOVA“ - Unbemanntes Raumflugzeug getestet

The Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) reports about our project, covering the ATHENA flight campaign and the next steps.

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01.03.2023 - Auf neuen Wegen ins All

In their client magazine "HDI Berater", HDI Global SE inform about the technologies developed by POLARIS for their spaceplane demonstrators and the individual liability insurance solution they offered POLARIS for the testing of their demonstrator ATHENA.

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31.01.2023 - Wettlauf um die Macht im Weltraum - Ist Europa in Gefahr? - Das Erste

As part of a documentary by German TV station ARD, a film crew accompanied the POLARIS team during their flight campaigns in Peenemünde in November 2022. Part of the campaign was the first flight of demonstrator ATHENA, built under a contract awarded by the German Bundeswehr.

Image: HR, Hessischer Rundfunk

19.01.2023 - To the moon: 16 spacetech companies to watch, according to investors

In a report by Éanna Kelly on Sifted, POLARIS was mentioned as one of the 16 spacetech companies investors think should be watched: "These guys are developing a reusable space plane and hypersonic transport plane. The CEO is ex-DLR (Germany’s NASA) and has made incredible progress in a very short time with very limited funding. The company demoed a subsonic plane last year, which it built for the German armed forces."

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07.12.2022 - POLARIS Raumflugzeuge Update – Testflüge an der Ostsee in abgesperrtem Luftraum

On his YouTube channel Astrodrom, Michael Weißflog gives an extensive update on ATHENA's first flight.

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01.12.2022 - Ab in den Orbit ohne Startrampe

Weser-Wirtschaft, the business journal of Bremen and its surroundings, reported about POLARIS in their December issue.

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19.11.2022 - Start von jedem Flughafen - Bremer Unternehmen will die Raumfahrt revolutionieren

Following an interview with CEO Alexander Kopp, German news site t-online reports about POLARIS and their mission to build a spaceplane with horizontal take-off capabilities.

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26.10.2022 - Ohne Startrampe ins All: Bremer Unternehmen will Raumflugzeuge bauen