PARIS — Three German companies designing small launch vehicles have won identical contracts — each valued at 500,000 euros ($582,000) — from the European Space Agency (ESA) to advance designs of their vehicles.
The companies — HyImpulse Technologies GmbH, Isar Aerospace Technologies GmbH and Rocket Factory Augsburg — were all given similar 500,000-euro awards earlier this year from the German government, which is the principal financier of ESA’s Commercial Space Transportation Services and Support Program.
Germany is paying 50% of the . . .
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