Hypersonix Launch Systems announces its first international office in Munich.
The Australian satellite start-up Hypersonix Launch Systems announces its first international office in Munich. The technology company from the aerospace sector wants to bring satellites into orbit with the help of reusable scramjet drives and hypersonic carrier systems in a cost-effective and environmentally friendly manner.
The new Hypersonix Deutschland GmbH will develop and manufacture components for the Hypersonix system together with leading aerospace companies from Germany and Europe. The focus is on new types of heat-resistant ceramic composites, launch systems, electronic control and monitoring systems, hydrogen technologies and the shared use of launch sites.
Hypersonix integrates the leading technology from these companies into its systems for rapid market entry.
Jörn Spurmann, CCO of the Rocket Factory Augsburg, on the opening of Hypersonix.
We welcome Hypersonix to the growing New Space community in Germany.
“It is a great advantage to have partners in the immediate vicinity. We look forward to supporting Hypersonix with our highly competitive launch services.”
Up to 50,000 new satellites will be placed in near-Earth orbits for Earth observation, communication and exploration research by 2030. The small satellite market for low Earth orbit is estimated at $ 19 billion by 2030.
With the inexpensive start-up systems from Hypersonix, many applications from agriculture, geology, weather monitoring, disaster control and many new types of communication will be possible for the first time ever from near-earth space.
Gudrun Weidmann , Head of the Bavarian Economic Development Agency Invest in Bavaria.
We are delighted that the Australian community is getting another exciting location in Bavaria.
“The establishment of Hypersonix is an opportunity to further stimulate the innovation dynamics between the high-tech hubs Australia and Bavaria and to set profitable impulses for both locations. We wish Hypersonix all the best for the start in Bavaria.”
Hypersonix’s scramjet delivery systems can be used multiple times and use “green hydrogen” as fuel. In contrast to conventional rockets, a Hypersonix system can be used up to a hundred times and can reach almost all possible satellite positions in low earth orbit from just a single launch site on earth.
This means that Hypersonix systems can offer extremely low-cost satellite launches in addition to an extremely high ecological balance due to their reusability. The Hypersonix system can also be used to quickly and inexpensively replace individual satellites that have failed in a large satellite network.
Hypersonix Launch Systems was founded in 2019 by Prof. Dr. Michael Smart, a pioneer in scramjet technology, co-founded with David Waterhouse. Prof. Dr. Michael Smart has been working on Scramjet technologies since 1995 and was among other things at NASA’s Langley Research Center for 10 years.
He set up the Hypersonic Research Center at the University of Queensland (UQ) in Brisbane and directed it for 15 years. Prof. Dr. Michael Smart has researched the scramjet technology with many international research institutions such as the DLR or HIFiRE.
David Waterhouse is an avid entrepreneur with extensive experience in the aerospace industry and has worked in the management of leading companies in Australia, Asia and Europe for over 30 years.
Hypersonix is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, with offices in Sydney and Munich and an international team of 16 employees.
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