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.



 

Image: POLARIS Raumflugzeuge GmbH



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.




Image: POLARIS Raumflugzeuge GmbH



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.





Image: POLARIS Raumflugzeuge GmbH



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.





Image: POLARIS Raumflugzeuge GmbH



25.08.2023 - German Spaceplane Designer Flies Flight-Control Demonstrator


Aviation Week reports about our latest flight vehicle.






Image: POLARIS Raumflugzeuge GmbH



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


Popular Mechanics reports about our aerospike flight demonstration project.






Image: NASA




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.






Image: POLARIS Raumflugzeuge GmbH


 

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. 





Image: POLARIS Raumflugzeuge GmbH



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."


Image: POLARIS Raumflugzeuge GmbH


 

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.





Image: POLARIS Raumflugzeuge GmbH



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. 





Image: POLARIS Raumflugzeuge GmbH

 


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.




Image: POLARIS Raumflugzeuge GmbH



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


buten un binnen, a regional news platform by local station Radio Bremen, reports on POLARIS'
progress in building spaceplanes.

Darum baut dieses Bremer Start-Up gerade an einem Raumflugzeug (video)


Image: POLARIS Raumflugzeuge GmbH




More media coverage:


European Spaceflight

Golem.de

Süddeutsche Zeitung

Wehrwissenschaftliche Forschung Jahresbericht 2021

Aviation Week

Europäische Sicherheit & Technik

Astrodrom

hartpunkt.de (Der Monitor für Defence und Sicherheitspolitik)

spacewatch.global