Spain’s Pangea Aerospace had a fairly quiet 2022 that focused on outlining its future rather than making significant technical and commercial progress.
In September, the company unveiled its new website along with an updated Meso rocket design and the introduction of its 300 kN methalox aerospike engine called ARCOS. The new design for Meso ditched the novel shape of the past for a more traditional rocket design while retaining the aerospike engine. The vehicle’s capacity was also increased from 150 kg to 400 kg to low Earth orbit. ARCOS was introduced as the main engine of Meso and is expected to be the first of a larger portfolio of rocket propulsion solutions that will be offered to other rocket builders.
October saw the only significant development milestone of the year with Pangea completing a preliminary design review of both the oxidizer and fuel turbopump systems for ARCOS.
Finally, Pangea managed to get some assistance with the development of ARCOS with ESA agreeing in October to provide support for the company’s ITAN project which aims to develop, manufacture, and test two types of 3D-printed injectors for its engines.
Web: https://pangeaaerospace.com/