German company HyImpulse successfully launched a candle wax-powered rocket "SR75" capable of carrying commercial satellites on a test suborbital flight into space for the first time.

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German company HyImpulse successfully launched a candle wax-powered rocket "SR75" capable of carrying commercial satellites on a test suborbital flight into space for the first time. The 12-metre, 2.5-tonne test rocket dubbed "SR75" lifted off shortly after 0500 GMT from a launch site in Koonibba, South Australia. It is capable of carrying small satellites weighing up to 250 kg (551 pounds) to an altitude of up to 250 km (155 miles) while being fuelled by paraffin, or candle wax, and liquid oxygen. Paraffin can be used as a cheaper and safer alternative fuel for rockets, reducing satellite transportation costs by as much as 50%, according to HyImpulse.


      Hyimpulse aims to expand as demand for commercial satellites grows, and to achieve annual sales worth 700 million euros by 2032.

     

     

 

     


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