AE-1 Hotfire Test
On December 5th 2024, ASX did a hotfire test on their AE-1 engine for the first and was a success, this brings ASX one step closer to an orbital flight of the Archmage rocket which is set to take place in Jan 2025. The AE-1 engine is Archmage's first stage engine that runs on Liquid Oxygen (LOX) and Liquid Methane (LCH4), it has a thrust of 206kn and an ISP of 265s, with 9 of these being used on the first stage, next hotfire test coming up next is the AE Vac engine which should take place in 2 weeks.
AE-1 firing at full thrust
AE-1 Vac at the test stand
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