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RFA One

Rocket Factory Augsburg · FLIGHTS FILED

RFA One is an expendable launch vehicle built by Rocket Factory Augsburg. It stands 30.0 m tall, lifts 1,600 kg to low Earth orbit. It hasn't flown yet. Its next flight is RFA One | Maiden Flight for Rocket Factory Augsburg, no earlier than 2027.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height30.0 m
Diameter2.0 m
Payload to LEO1,600 kg
Payload to GTO450 kg
Maiden flightNOT ON FILE
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch cost$3M
StatusFLIGHTS FILED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

NO FLIGHTS
Total flights0
Successful0
Failed0
Success rateNO DATA
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled1
VariantOne

About RFA One

RFA One is a three-stage rocket designed to launch small satellites and payloads of initially up to 1,350 kg into polar orbits.

Upcoming flights

RFA One in the archive

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

RFA Mounts Bay at Dundee
RFA Mounts Bay at DundeeNick · CC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
RFA Surf Patrol
RFA Surf PatrolRoyal Navy official photographer · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
US Navy 030624-D-0000X-001 The Commanding Officer of the British Royal Navy's landing ship logistic RFA Sir Tristram (L 3505) shakes hands with one of the rescued crewmembers of the ill fated Egyptian cargo ship MV Green
US Navy 030624-D-0000X-001 The Commanding Officer of the British Royal Navy's landing ship logistic RFA Sir Tristram (L 3505) shakes hands with one of the rescued crewmembers of the ill fated Egyptian cargo ship MV GreenU.S. Navy photo · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has RFA One flown?
RFA One hasn't flown yet, but 1 flights are scheduled.
What is RFA One's success rate?
RFA One hasn't flown, so there's no success rate yet.
When is the next RFA One launch?
RFA One | Maiden Flight, flown by Rocket Factory Augsburg. It's set for no earlier than 2027 from Launch Pad Fredo.
How much can RFA One lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists RFA One at 1,600 kg to low Earth orbit and 450 kg to geostationary transfer orbit.
Is RFA One reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists RFA One as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.