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Opus Aerospace - STARS

Launcher name	STARS
Rocket status	Development
First launch	?
Performance	230 kg
Propellant type	Liquid
Reusability	Not planned
Comment	At the end of 2020, OPUS Aerospace was the first “French Newspace” start-up to have ~~successfully ~~ignited a liquid biergols rocket engine.
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Company	Opus Aerospace
Oneliner	OPUS Aerospace designs, develops and manufactures launch systems to give access to space to as many people as possible.
Notes	Opus Aerospace is the company we created at the end of 2019, with the project of developing a microsatellite launcher.
Location	France
Founded	2019
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Last modified: 2023-09-24

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