SpaceRyde

2023年2月13日

SpaceRyde申请破产SpaceRyde似乎关闭大门。加拿大上市公司构建一个廉价small-lift火箭和气球周五第一阶段申请破产。到目前为止的情况是:在过去的几年中,SpaceRyde一直在构建一个系统,将利用平流层气球解除vacuum-optimized赖德火箭99%以上的大气,释放车辆,点燃它的引擎。的商业模式很简单:发射有效载荷提供250000美元的固定费用在25公斤,然后额外的10000美元每公斤到150公斤的最大有效载荷质量和马克斯价格1美元每发射。公司的野心超越small-lift发射。每个赖德的最后阶段被设计作为一个太空飞行器。最终,这些车辆的SpaceRyde旨在建立一个网络。SpaceRyde还设计并建造一个万向节火箭发动机在房子。2022年6月,SpaceRyde开了加拿大第一次orbital-class火箭工厂在康科德,安大略省。25000平方英尺的设施承载所有的制造业务,从火箭到常平架引擎蜘蛛”气球飞”阶段。 Commercial operations were scheduled to begin in 2024. The startup had announced a few flights on its manifest, including four launches for Netherlands launch services provider ISILaunch, and an agreement with Qosmosys, a company designing an in-space satellite racing game. Local trouble: The company’s engine testing facility in the Trent Hills municipality of Ontario, about two hours from Toronto, has caught flak from local groups for allegedly violating noise ordinances. A Change.org petition to stop engine testing in the rural lot has garnered over 800 signatures. In October, the municipality asked SpaceRyde to stop engine testing. The company agreed, performing its last engine test at the Trent Hills facility on Oct. 6. The balloon pops: The startup filed for bankruptcy under section 49 of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act in Canada and named Deloitte Restructuring a trustee of the company’s estate. SpaceRyde CEO Sohrab Haghighat declined to comment at this time. Get daily insights on the most important news impacting the space economy. Join thousands of space leaders today. Email