Developing an AirLaunch system for launching small satellites and planning a spaceport in Germany.

GEPARD-Aerospace GmbH

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2020Spaceport Rostock-Laage feasibility study

2021Lower Saxony Innovation Award

About GEPARD-Aerospace

GEPARD-Aerospace GmbH is developing an AirLaunch concept for transporting small satellites and CubeSats into orbit. A rocket is carried by an aircraft to a launch area over the North Sea, away from populated areas and above the weather layer, released and ignited. The launch system is specifically tailored to the CubeSat segment and is intended to replace RideShare missions in the long term. For this project, the company received the Lower Saxony Innovation Award in 2021. In addition, GEPARD-Aerospace is planning a spaceport in Germany: in cooperation with DLR, the feasibility study "Spaceport Rostock-Laage" was prepared in 2020 on behalf of the Ministry of Energy, Infrastructure and Digitalization and the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The approach envisions using existing infrastructure and sustainably developing it further, with a focus on environmentally conscious technologies.

Site: Rostock-Laage
Processes: AirLaunch concept (launch of small satellites/CubeSats by carrier aircraft over the North Sea), RideShare missions as an alternative, Planning/development of a spaceport in Germany
Materials: AirLaunch concept, RideShare missions
Industries: Aerospace, Small satellites/CubeSats, Research

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AirLaunch system development
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Mission/RideShare planning
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Spaceport planning (Rostock-Laage)

Processes & Systems

AirLaunch

AirLaunch concept

Launch of small satellites/CubeSats by carrier aircraft over the North Sea.

RideShare

RideShare missions

Alternative transport option for small satellite payloads.

Locations

Rostock-Laage

Planned spaceport (launch and landing site, feasibility study 2020)

Systems

**AirLaunch system (rocket on carrier aircraft)**AirLaunch · Aerospace

Inside the production

Industries

AerospaceSmall satellites/CubeSatsResearch

Additional services

AirLaunch concept (launch of small satellites/CubeSats by carrier aircraft over the North Sea)RideShare missions as an alternativePlanning/development of a spaceport in Germany

History

2020
Feasibility study "Spaceport Rostock-Laage" in cooperation with DLR on behalf of the Ministry of Energy, Infrastructure and Digitalization and the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
2021
Awarded the Lower Saxony Innovation Award