Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Germany</span></a> 🇩🇪 , <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Italy</span></a> 🇮🇹 , and the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> 🇬🇧 (which is a member of the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ESA</span></a> but not the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>European</span></a> Union) have started <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/microlaunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>microlaunch</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>companies</span></a> that are building <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rockets" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rockets</span></a> capable of lifting several hundred kilograms to <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/LEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LEO</span></a>.<br />These companies, including <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/IsarAerospace" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IsarAerospace</span></a>, <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RocketFactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RocketFactory</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Augsburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Augsburg</span></a> (<a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RFA</span></a>), and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/HyImpulse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HyImpulse</span></a> in Germany, <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/PLD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PLD</span></a> Space in <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Spain</span></a> 🇪🇸 , and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Orbex" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Orbex</span></a> and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Skyrora" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Skyrora</span></a> in <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Britain</span></a>, operate much more like the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>US</span></a> 🇺🇸 <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/commercial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>commercial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>space</span></a> industry <a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/france-seeks-to-build-reusable-rocket-make-up-for-bad-choices-in-the-past" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2021/1</span><span class="invisible">2/france-seeks-to-build-reusable-rocket-make-up-for-bad-choices-in-the-past</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SpaceCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaceCompany</span></a></p>